Elmer Scipio Dundy
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Elmer Scipio Dundy was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. He was the namesake of Dundy County, Nebraska.
Elmer Scipio Dundy
Dundy, c. 1895.
Standing Bear
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Standing Bear was a Ponca chief and Native American civil rights leader who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 in Omaha that Native Americans are "persons within the meaning of the law
Elmer Scipio Dundy
…due to his death in Omaha, Nebraska, at which time Dundy was the longest-serving judge appointed by Johnson. On May 12, 1879, Dundy ruled in the case Standing Bear v. Crook that Standing Bear and other Ponca were "people" who able to bring petitions for habeas corpus, and that Indians who had severed their relationships…
Standing Bear, Zazette Primeaux Bear, and child
A bust of Standing Bear, created by Ted Long in 1980 to commemorate Standing Bear being a member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge
Two Ponca tribe men display Chief Standing Bear's pipe tomahawk