 The post, however, remained home to upwards of ten companies of the 2nd Infantry until 1896 when the garrison was relocated to Fort Crook near Bellevue.Fort Omaha was the site where Chief Standing Bear was held prior to the 1879 trial of "Standing Bear v. Crook".Standing Bear, a Ponca chief, successfully argued in U.S. District Court that Native Americans were "persons within the meaning of the law" and had rights of citizenship.