Postal Service stamp that features his portrait. Chief Standing Bear was arrested and imprisoned in Fort Omaha when he and others tried to return. More than 100 members of the Ponca tribe died during or soon after the forced journey to Oklahoma, including Chief Standing Bear's only son. The Ponca members were freed and returned to their old reservation along the Niobrara River, where Chief Standing Bear died in 1908. The federal government terminated the Ponca tribe of Nebraska in 1966 but the tribe regained federal recognition in 1990.

Source: ABC News May 13, 2023 08:03 UTC