Group of Ponca Indian Chiefs and Interpreters
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Group portrait of Ponca Indian chiefs and interpreters. Back row, Left to Right: Big Snake, Baptiste Barnaby, White Eagle, Charles H. LeClaire, The Chief (Big Chief). Front row: Black Crow, Big Elk, Standing Bear, Standing Buffalo Bull, White Swan, Smoke Maker. Reclining in front: Hairy Grizzly Bear, c.1877.
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Standing Bear and the Ponca Tribe
In 1877 the Ponca Tribe and Chief Standing Bear were forced from their Nebraska homeland along the Niobrara River to an Oklahoma reservation. Hardships followed them during the more than 500-mile trek. Standing Bear’s daughter Prairie Flower died…