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Harvard In Talks To Return Tomahawk Of Native American Civil Rights Icon The gates leading to Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Charles Krupa / AP Share Standing Bear Tomahawk Update A descendant of Native American civil rights pioneer Standing Bear is now in talks with Harvard University to have a tomahawk once belonging to the Ponca chief repatriated. Earlier this month, GBH News first reported on Brett Chapman’s effort to get Harvard’s Peab...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Native American lawyer wants Harvard University to return a tomahawk once owned by his pioneering ancestor, Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe. Brett Chapman, of Oklahoma, told GBH last week that hes reached out to the Cambridge, Massachusetts universitys Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology to return the heirloom. Standing Bear gave the tomahawk to one of his lawyers after winning the 1879 Nebraska federal court case that made him one of the firs...

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Peabody Museum in Talks To Repatriate Ponca Tomahawk Following Descendant’s Request, Nebraska Legislature Resolution | News | The Harvard Crimson

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May 10, 2021 99 views CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- A Native American lawyer wants Harvard University to return a tomahawk once owned by his pioneering ancestor, Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe. Brett Chapman, of Oklahoma, told GBH last week that he’s reached out to the Cambridge, Massachusetts university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology to return the heirloom. Standing Bear gave the tomahawk to one of his lawyers after winning the 1879 Nebraska federal court case tha...

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...

Kin of chief seeks tomahawk’s return A Native American lawyer wants Harvard University to return a tomahawk once owned by his pioneering ancestor, Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe. Brett Chapman of Oklahoma told WGBH that he had reached out to Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology to return the heirloom. Standing Bear gave the tomahawk to one of his lawyers after winning the 1879 Nebraska federal court case that made him one of the first Native Americans granted civil ...

More Indian Country bills slated for action on Capitol Hill Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Indianz.Com Four more Indian Country bills are scheduled for passage in the U.S. House of Representatives this week. All four will be considered under a suspension of the rules as soon as Wednesday afternoon, according to the Democratic House Majority Leader’s calendar. The process is typically used when bills are considered non-controversial, meaning they are likely to pass with overwhelming support in the cham...

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