Saturday, November 30, 2019

Chief Standing Bear Honored in National Statuary Hall

 Nebraska replaces its statue in the National Statuary Hall with a native leader Chief Standing Bear. 
At the dedication ceremony Wednesday, which included Ponca tribal leaders and members of the House and Senate, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said it was an honor to recognize “one of the most important civil rights leaders in our country that almost nobody knows about.
“And we hope to be able to correct that today and tell his story,” Ricketts said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/20/civil-rights-leader-almost-nobody-knows-about-gets-statue-us-capitol/?fbclid=IwAR21nbTtzL2z45hpdYsCBNo9dgT1MT1SU9KEOAPJeiNHJmPouRJV3Tl3TOI