Author: Thomas Henry Tibbles
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Ponca Chiefs
Author: Thomas Henry Tibbles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Standing Bear and the Ponca Chiefs
Author: Thomas Henry Tibbles
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803294264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"Read [this book] before you read another thing. Surely you too will rank it as a classic".-American Indian Crafts and Culture. Standing Bear was a chieftain of the Ponca Indian tribe, which farmed and hunted peacefully along the Niobrara River in northeastern Nebraska. In 1878 the Poncas were forced by the federal government to move to Indian Territory. During the year they were driven out, 158 out of 730 died, including Standing Bear's young son, who had begged to be buried on the Niobrara. Early in 1879 the chief, accompanied by a small band, defied the federal government by returning to the ancestral home with the boy's body. At the end of ten weeks of walking through winter cold, they were arrested. However, General George Crook, touched by their "pitiable condition", turned for help to Thomas H. Tibbles, a crusading newspaperman on the Omaha Daily Herald, who rallied public support. Citing the Fourteenth Amendment, Standing Bear brought suit against the federal government. The resulting trial first established Indians as persons within the meaning of the law. At the end of his testimony, Standing Bear held out his hand to the judge and pleaded for recognition of his humanity: "My hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you also feel pain. The blood that will flow from mine will be of the same color as yours. I am a man. The same God made us both". Kay Graber, editor emeritus at the University of Nebraska Press, has edited and provided a new introduction for this eyewitness account of the celebrated court case. She is also editor of Sister to the Sioux (Nebraska 1978).
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803294264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"Read [this book] before you read another thing. Surely you too will rank it as a classic".-American Indian Crafts and Culture. Standing Bear was a chieftain of the Ponca Indian tribe, which farmed and hunted peacefully along the Niobrara River in northeastern Nebraska. In 1878 the Poncas were forced by the federal government to move to Indian Territory. During the year they were driven out, 158 out of 730 died, including Standing Bear's young son, who had begged to be buried on the Niobrara. Early in 1879 the chief, accompanied by a small band, defied the federal government by returning to the ancestral home with the boy's body. At the end of ten weeks of walking through winter cold, they were arrested. However, General George Crook, touched by their "pitiable condition", turned for help to Thomas H. Tibbles, a crusading newspaperman on the Omaha Daily Herald, who rallied public support. Citing the Fourteenth Amendment, Standing Bear brought suit against the federal government. The resulting trial first established Indians as persons within the meaning of the law. At the end of his testimony, Standing Bear held out his hand to the judge and pleaded for recognition of his humanity: "My hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you also feel pain. The blood that will flow from mine will be of the same color as yours. I am a man. The same God made us both". Kay Graber, editor emeritus at the University of Nebraska Press, has edited and provided a new introduction for this eyewitness account of the celebrated court case. She is also editor of Sister to the Sioux (Nebraska 1978).
The Indian Reform Letters of Helen Hunt Jackson, 1879–1885
Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806153725
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Helen Hunt Jackson’s passionate crusade for Indian rights comes to life in this collection of more than 200 letters, most of which have never been published before. With Valerie Sherer Mathes’s helpful notes, the letters reveal the behind-the-scenes drama of Jackson’s involvement in Indian reform, which led her to write A Century of Dishonor and her protest novel, Ramona. Ralph Waldo Emerson described Jackson as the "greatest American woman poet." These stirring letters will intrigue anyone interested in Indian affairs, nineteenth-century women’s studies, or the social history of Victorian America, where Jackson made her mark despite the restrictions on women. Among her correspondents were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Moncure D. Conway, Henry B. Whipple, Henry L. Dawes, Henry Teller, Carl Schurz, and of course, commissioners of Indian affairs and such prominent editors as Whitelaw Reid, Charles Dudley Warner, and Richard Watson Gilder. The letters are presented in sections on the Ponca and Mission Indian causes, allowing readers to focus on the time period and Indian group of choice.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806153725
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Helen Hunt Jackson’s passionate crusade for Indian rights comes to life in this collection of more than 200 letters, most of which have never been published before. With Valerie Sherer Mathes’s helpful notes, the letters reveal the behind-the-scenes drama of Jackson’s involvement in Indian reform, which led her to write A Century of Dishonor and her protest novel, Ramona. Ralph Waldo Emerson described Jackson as the "greatest American woman poet." These stirring letters will intrigue anyone interested in Indian affairs, nineteenth-century women’s studies, or the social history of Victorian America, where Jackson made her mark despite the restrictions on women. Among her correspondents were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Moncure D. Conway, Henry B. Whipple, Henry L. Dawes, Henry Teller, Carl Schurz, and of course, commissioners of Indian affairs and such prominent editors as Whitelaw Reid, Charles Dudley Warner, and Richard Watson Gilder. The letters are presented in sections on the Ponca and Mission Indian causes, allowing readers to focus on the time period and Indian group of choice.
Trübner's American and oriental literary record
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Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Ways of Being in the World
Author: Andrea Sullivan-Clarke
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770489150
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Ways of Being in the World is an anthology of the Indigenous philosophical thought of communities across Turtle Island, offering readings on a variety of topics spanning many times and geographic locations. It was created especially to meet the needs of instructors who want to add Indigenous philosophy to their courses but are unsure where to begin—as well as for students, Indigenous or otherwise, who wish to broaden their horizons with materials not found in the typical philosophy course. This collection is an invitation to embark on a relationship with Indigenous peoples through the introduction of their unique philosophies.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770489150
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Ways of Being in the World is an anthology of the Indigenous philosophical thought of communities across Turtle Island, offering readings on a variety of topics spanning many times and geographic locations. It was created especially to meet the needs of instructors who want to add Indigenous philosophy to their courses but are unsure where to begin—as well as for students, Indigenous or otherwise, who wish to broaden their horizons with materials not found in the typical philosophy course. This collection is an invitation to embark on a relationship with Indigenous peoples through the introduction of their unique philosophies.
The Ponca Chiefs
Author: Thomas Henry Tibbles
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Eyewitness account of the law suit that "first established Indians as persons within the meaning of the law."
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Eyewitness account of the law suit that "first established Indians as persons within the meaning of the law."
Trübner's American, European and Oriental literary record
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Indian Notes
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Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Trübner's American, European, & Oriental Literary Record
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Trubner's American and Oriental Literary Record
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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