Attorney, Judge, and Native American civil rights advocate, Hiram Chase, of the Omaha tribe, served as County Judge and County Attorney of Thurston County in the 1890's. He spent decades making the case that the U.S. government had repeatedly broken its promises to the Omaha people, particularly with respect to land rights. He was among the co-founders of the Society of American Indians, the nation's first Native American civil rights organization. An 1889 graduate of the Cincinnati Law School (now the University of Cincinnati School of Law) Judge Chase made several appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court, both as counsel and as plaintiff. He had his detractors within the Omaha community who felt that he too often took whichever side benefited him personally in white-tribal disputes. He died at Chadron while visiting his daughter. Preceeded in death by his wife of 33 years, he was survived by seven children. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pender.
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Hiram John Hatu Mi Chase was born on the Omaha Reservation on September 9, 1861 in Macy, Thurston County, Nebraska. His father, Hiram Chase, Sr., (1840 - 1875) was an interpreter, having come to Nebraska in 1854. His mother, Clarissa NonZEInZE Noise (1840 - 1875), was the granddaughter of Wahnookega, an Omaha Chief.
Hiram had one sister, Pauline Chase Lawless (1867 - 1894)
Hiram died December 3, 1928 in Chadron, Nebraska at the home of his daughter Isabelle.

Married Cynthia W Snyder (1863 - 1915) May 19, 1982. They had 9 children

Married Nellie MeGraTaE Morris (1867 - 1929) about 1919. They had no children. Nellie's first husband was John Springer (1834 - 1917)

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