TIL of Chief Standing Bear, who won a lawsuit against the US in 1879, overcoming a counter-argument that his tribe weren't people under US law.
TIL of Chief Standing Bear, who won a lawsuit against the US in 1879, overcoming a counter-argument that his tribe weren't people under US law.
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Chief Standing Bear and His Landmark Civil Rights Case | In Custodia Legis
The full story is here, but this was one of the most substantial legal civil rights victories in American history, and one of the scant few that ever occurred to obtain legal recourse against US abuses of native people.