After 30 years, the Ponca tribe had gave the U.S more land in Nebraska leaving the tribe with 58,000 acres of land. Later, Andrew Jackson had become President and created a law to have all the Native Americans move out of Nebraska, solely for the U.S, so they could start having people live there and start a farm and start growing crops. Standing Bear and other tribe leaders did not favor the new law and wanted to eliminate the law. The tribe had to walk a path to get to Oklahoma, the path was called “The Trail of Tears”. One third of the tribe had died going along the path, either from sickness, disease or starvation. The tribe had tried to make peace with the U.S, but the U.S didn’t make peace with the tribe and made them move to Oklahoma.
