LINCOLN — State Sen. Justin Wayne had an “aha” moment last year during a vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
While at the Crazy Horse Memorial, he visited the affiliated museum. There he discovered several items related to Standing Bear, the Ponca chief and civil rights leader who won a federal court case establishing that Native Americans were persons under the law.
Wayne got to thinking: Why should people go to South Dakota to learn about Standing Bear? Why not create a Standing Bear ...