2023 Chief Standing Bear Forever Postage Stamps – First-Class Mail, Sheet

$29.00

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The stamp pictures a portrait by Thomas Blackshear II based on a black-and-white photograph from 1877. The color of Chief Standing Bear’s clothing was chosen based on historical descriptions.

onca Chief Standing Bear was a civil rights pioneer who won a pivotal court case that declared Native Americans were people under the law.

Standing Bear (1829-1908) grew up in the traditional Ponca homeland, near where the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers meet. His tribe was forced to move several times over the years. By 1878, many had died and the survivors were living in unfamiliar lands.