Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
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Chief Standing Bear
Lambertson
Judge Dundy
Carter
Annette DeGrande
Webster
Lawrence
General George Crook
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In 1879, the American Indian lived under severe handicaps: having no legal status as a human being and with the requirement to stay on reservations. Defying the law, Ponca Chief Standing Bear leads his people off their disease-ridden reservation. Though they're captured, the Poncas are given three days to find a lawyer and find a legal way to become their own people once again.
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1961-10-23
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