Tribal Council Oath of Office
The Oath of Office for the newly elected Tribal Council representatives will be held on Saturday, January 16th at 11:30 a.m. CST. Members may watch the proceedings via the website’s Tribal Council…
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has declared a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 virus. Effective Monday, March 16th, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has instituted a travel ban for all employees and tribal officials. In addition, all scheduled community events and trainings are canceled or postponed until further notice, at which time they will be evaluated for the safety of our tribal members.
The Oath of Office for the newly elected Tribal Council representatives will be held on Saturday, January 16th at 11:30 a.m. CST. Members may watch the proceedings via the website’s Tribal Council…
ATTN: The phone lines at the Fred LeRoy Health and Wellness Center are currently down. Prescription refills can be requested through our RefillPro app. The app is available for free download for Apple…
The offices and clinics of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska will be closed Thursday and Friday, December 24th & 25th in observance of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. The office will reopen as usu…
Tuesday, December 22nd6:30-8:30 p.m.Virtual Zoom party room: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82563693975
FINAL REMINDER: Higher Education Deadline Notice:December 15th is the deadline to apply for Higher Education assistance for spring term. Both the Application and Contract must be faxed or email…
in order to restore, preserve and protect all rights aboriginally held by our people and their descendants, promote peace, prosperity, happiness, and the general welfare of the members of our Tribe and our posterity, to exercise home rule, to assert our inherent sovereignty, to protect our right of self-government, to conserve custom, to improve our social order, to protect our rights as individuals, to promote our economic welfare, to promote domestic tranquility, to promote business enterprises both cooperative and individual, to promote educational opportunities for all Ponca people, to consolidate our land holdings by purchase, exchange, transfer, gift, or otherwise, do ordain and establish this Constitution in accordance with our inherent sovereignty, and all previous aboriginal rights of our members and Treaties previously entered into with the United States of America.
from the Preamble of the Ponca Constitution