"I am a man" : Chief Standing Bear's journey for justice

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Label

"I am a man" : Chief Standing Bear's journey for justice

Title remainder

Chief Standing Bear's journey for justice

Statement of responsibility

Joe Starita

Title variation

I am a man"

Title variation remainder

Chief Standing Bears journey for justice

Creator

• trueStarita, Joe

Subject

• Ponca Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- Native Americans
• trueIndians of North America -- Rights
• trueIndians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc
• Ponca Indians -- Government relations
• trueGovernment relations with indigenous peoples
• trueStanding Bear, Ponca chief
• truePonca Indians -- History

Genre

• trueBiography
• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

A portrait of the nineteenth-century Ponca chief and his efforts in the U.S. District Court to reclaim his tribe's lands and rights explores the ways in which the Ponca successfully faced innumerable challenges, from starvation and disease to alcoholism and denials of citizenship

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 978.004/9752440092
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult