A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored Friday with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his ...

The pipe-tomahawk once owned by Standing Bear, who became the first Native American to be recognized as a person by the United States government, was returned to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in 2022.

Oklahoma's history is shaped by the stories of many Black and Indigenous people who laid the foundation for some of the largest movements in American history. From the story of Clara Luper and the ...

A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored Friday with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit ...