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‘Who wasn’t complicit?’ How Martin Scorsese won the trust of the Osage Nation

The director brought in Chief Standing Bear as a consultant on Killers of the Flower Moon. When they met, Scorsese made it clear that the crime drama would not be an insensitive Hollywood portrayal of Native Americans

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

Chief Standing Bear, Native American civil rights icon, is honored on a postal stamp

A U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp now celebrates the Ponca chief, whose lawsuit led to a 1879 ruling that determined Native Americans were people with inherent rights under the law.

WEKU · May 13, 2023

US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp

A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023