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White Eagle and Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe. The story of the tomahawk starts in 1878. Standing Bear and the Ponca Tribe were among the thousands of Native Americans who were forced out of their ancestral lands as part of the Trail of Tears. The tribe was living in a reservation in Oklahoma when Standing Bears only son died. His last wish to was to be buried in the place where he was born, which is now Nebraska. Standing Bear and the Ponca Tribe defied orders forcing them to stay...

Paul Hammel Omaha World-Herald Shortly after a federal judge issued his landmark ruling in 1879 that Standing Bear and all Native Americans should be considered “persons” under the law, the Ponca chief gave one of his few possessions to one of the lawyers who had represented him. The gift of a long-handled, ceremonial pipe tomahawk was a demonstration that attorney John Lee Webster was a brother to Standing Bear and the Poncas, who had recently been forced off their homela...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Edward “Ed” Allen Moore, 56, of Mountain Home, formerly of Pleasant Grove, Utah, passed away January 16, 2021 with his wife and children by his side, after a short but brave battle with cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Ed was born to George N. and Bronna K. Moore on November 12, 1964 in American Fork, Utah. At a very young age, Ed loved working with his h...