In the very southwest corner of Nebraska sits Dundy County. It was named for Elmer Scipio Dundy who was a U.S. District judge in Nebraska. Dundy’s most famous decision came in 1879 when he ruled that Indians were indeed “people” and entitled to the same rights as other people under the law. The case came about after Chief Standing Bear left the Indian Territory without permission to bury the bones of his son in the Ponca homeland.
Dundy county is bordered by Colorado to the east and Kansas to the south. The population, as of the 2010 census, is 2008.