The Standing Bear controversy prelude to Indian reform
"In the spring of 1877 government officials forcibly removed members of the Ponca tribe from their homelands in the southeastern corner of Dakota territory, relocating them in the Indian Territory in Oklahoma. When Standing Bear, a Ponca chief, attempted to lead a group of his people home he was arrested, detained, and put on trial
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