Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca people played the key role in United States ex rel. Standing Bear v. Crook, the 1879 legal case that established that Native Americans were “persons” under the law. In his Ponca language, he was known as Maⁿchú-Naⁿzhíⁿ or Macunajin.
TURNERS FALLS — The thump of handmade drums, the whistle of a wooden flute and the chants of Native American singers could be heard throughout the second annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival at Unity Park Saturday.
Please also see the Visioning B.E.A.R. YouTube channel, with our playlist of linked videos.
Here are some of the highlights:
Mary Wheelan of the Visioning B.E.A.R. Singers, with the song she wrote called “Creek at Crack of Dawn”
How Can We Prevent Childhood Sexual Assault without Incorporating an Analysis of Systemic Violence as a Causal Factor?
A webinar with Strong Oak Lefebvre, founder and Executive Director of the Visioning B.E.A.R. Circle Intertribal Coalition, Inc., and Peer Cohort with the Just Beginnings Collaborative
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