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Ponca chief’s statue joins greats in Statuary Hall

By Sarah Beth GuevaraGaylord NewsWASHINGTON — A new statue of a legendary chief of the Ponca Tribe has joined the silent sentinels in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.The statue, submitted by the State of Nebraska from which Chief Standing Bear hailed and in which he is buried, is 12 statues down from the statue of Sequoyah, the creator of the Cherokee syllabary.Chief Standing Bear replaces a statue of William Jennings Bryan, a former congressman, presidential candidate and Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson.Each of Oklahoma’s two statues at the U.S.

 

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