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

Summary: "In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in what became the tribe's own Trail of Tears." ""I Am a Man" chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to the Ponca's traditional burial ground. Along the way, it examines the complex relationship between the United States government and this small, peaceful tribe. It looks at the legal consequences of land swaps and broken treaties, while never losing sight of the heartbreaking journey the Ponca endured."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0312533047
ISBN: 9780312533045
Physical Description: p ; cm.
print
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. On the Banks of the Running Water -- 2. A Homeland Under Siege -- 3. The People Turn Their Faces South -- 4. Life and Death in the Warm Country -- 5. Going Home -- 6. The Color of Blood -- 7. A Ponca in Times Square -- 8. Righting a Wrong -- 9. On the Land of the Fathers.