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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...

By: News On 6 TULSA, Oklahoma - A historic tomahawk on display at Harvard University is now at the center of a conversation over who morally should own it. The more than 150-year-old artifact once belonged to Ponca Chief and Native American Civil Rights Leader Standing Bear. "All Im doing is making a simple appeal to their morality," said Brett Chapman, a Tulsa attorney. Bret Chapman is one of Standing Bear’s descendants and says the tomahawk should be returned to the Ponca Tribe. Last month...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Indian chiefs descendant wants Harvard to return tomahawk A Native American lawyer in Oklahoma wants Harvard University to return a tomahawk once owned by his pioneering ancestor, Chief Standing Bear ByThe Associated Press • 2 min read Professor Cornel West on why he left Harvard over tenure dispute ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Dr. Cornel West about why he chose to leave Harvard after a dispute over bei...

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© Getty Images An attorney who is a descendant of a Native American tribal chief and civil rights leader is calling on Harvard University to return an ancient relic currently on display at one of its museums.  Brett Chapman of Oklahoma, who is related to Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe, detailed in a recent Twitter thread that he sent an email late last month to Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology challenging the “moral right” to hold and display a tomahawk that...

Descendant Of Native American Civil Rights Pioneer Calls On Harvard To Return Tomahawk The gates leading to Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Charles Krupa / AP Share Standing Bear Tomahawk A descendant of a Native American civil rights pioneer is calling on Harvard University to turn over a tomahawk once owned by his ancestor. In an interview with GBH All Things Considered host Arun Rath, Brett Chapman of Oklahoma said that Harvard’s Peabody ...

My neighbors here and a few other places got some more moisture. Indeed it was in the form of snow and it was pretty chilly when the wind was blowing, but we were still thrilled to get moisture of any description. Others weren’t so fortunate, plus prairie fires have persisted. It’s been a tough year so far in many regards. Here’s hoping for more moisture, sunny days in between, no more fires and better times. The folks in charge of both the NHSRA and NJrHSRA finals have said that both fin...

Electric E-1 – Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act (Docket No. RM20-10-000). On March 20, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) relating to electric transmission incentives policy pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA). In the NOPR, the Commission furnished proposed revisions to transmission planning and cost allocation processes following significant developments in the sector, reflecting a potential new focus on re...

(AP Photo/Wayne Parry) (CN) — A Native American casino on the Iowa-Nebraska border should not have been approved by the federal government because the site purchased by the Ponca Tribe does not qualify as an Indian gaming establishment, the two states told a federal appeals court Tuesday. Iowa Assistant Attorney General John Lundquist told the St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit that the question for the three-judge panel is whether Congress created an exception in federal Indian gaming law that a...

Save this story for later. Two years ago, the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States held a hearing on the murder and disappearance of Native women. Native women are murdered on reservations at a rate ten times the national average; there were more than five thousand reported cases of missing Native women in 2016 alone, and many more cases go unreported. Among the witnesses at the hearing was Mary Kathryn Nagle, the legal counsel for the National Indigenous Women’s Res...