Today is an important anniversary for Indian Country. On this date, May 12, 1879, the United States Supreme Court--for the very first time--recognized a Native American, Ponca Chief Standing Bear, as a person. A human. That's 387 years AFTER contact. 90 years AFTER the US Constitution. 16 years AFTER emancipation. Nine years AFTER ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.
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