HERITAGE
“God made me, and I am a man.” – Chief Standing Bear
PRESERVATION
O’ Great Spirit
TRADITION
“When you are in doubt, be still, and wait…” – Chief White Eagle
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
December 2020
01
December
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
District 3 Freezer Distribution
Tuesday, December 1 | 12-5 pm
Osni Ponca | 2756 O Street | Lincoln, NE
To assist with food storage for our members, Tribal Council is distributing 5 cu. ft. chest freezers to each District 3 Ponca Head of Household in and near (within 60 miles) the Service Delivery Area. For more information, please call 402.438.9222.
May 2021
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
May 2021 – TBD
8 a.m.
Standing Bear Lake | Omaha, NE
All are welcome to join the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in the 1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run. The Tribe is hosting this event to bring awareness to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR).
If you would like to provide your own testimonial, please email Becci Sullivan at mmiwgne@gmail.com for more information.
To become a sponsor of this event, please contact Kirby Williams at 888-991-9921 ext. 269 or Brooke Zelasney at 531-389-2379.
Donate to the event via Paypal.
- More than 4 in 5 Native Americans, both women and men, will experience violence in their lifetime
- 56% of Native women will experience violence in a given year
- 55% of Native women will experience rape or violence by an intimate partner
- Nebraska ranked 7th in the higher number of cases for U.S. States
- Omaha, NE ranked 8th in the highest number of cases for U.S. cities studied
The StrongHearts Native Helpline 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483) is a safe domestic violence and dating violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. Anonymous and confidential.
Donate to the MMIR Walk/Run
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
May 2021 – TBD
8 a.m.
Standing Bear Lake | Omaha, NE
All are welcome to join the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in the 1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run. The Tribe is hosting this event to bring awareness to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR).
If you would like to provide your own testimonial, please email Becci Sullivan at mmiwgne@gmail.com for more information.
To become a sponsor of this event, please contact Kirby Williams at 888-991-9921 ext. 269 or Brooke Zelasney at 531-389-2379.
Donate to the event via Paypal.
- More than 4 in 5 Native Americans, both women and men, will experience violence in their lifetime
- 56% of Native women will experience violence in a given year
- 55% of Native women will experience rape or violence by an intimate partner
- Nebraska ranked 7th in the higher number of cases for U.S. States
- Omaha, NE ranked 8th in the highest number of cases for U.S. cities studied
The StrongHearts Native Helpline 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483) is a safe domestic violence and dating violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. Anonymous and confidential.
Donate to the MMIR Walk/Run
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
May 2021 – TBD
8 a.m.
Standing Bear Lake | Omaha, NE
All are welcome to join the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in the 1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run. The Tribe is hosting this event to bring awareness to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR).
If you would like to provide your own testimonial, please email Becci Sullivan at mmiwgne@gmail.com for more information.
To become a sponsor of this event, please contact Kirby Williams at 888-991-9921 ext. 269 or Brooke Zelasney at 531-389-2379.
Donate to the event via Paypal.
- More than 4 in 5 Native Americans, both women and men, will experience violence in their lifetime
- 56% of Native women will experience violence in a given year
- 55% of Native women will experience rape or violence by an intimate partner
- Nebraska ranked 7th in the higher number of cases for U.S. States
- Omaha, NE ranked 8th in the highest number of cases for U.S. cities studied
The StrongHearts Native Helpline 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483) is a safe domestic violence and dating violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. Anonymous and confidential.
Donate to the MMIR Walk/Run
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run
May 2021 – TBD
8 a.m.
Standing Bear Lake | Omaha, NE
All are welcome to join the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in the 1st Annual MMIR 5K Walk/Run. The Tribe is hosting this event to bring awareness to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR).
If you would like to provide your own testimonial, please email Becci Sullivan at mmiwgne@gmail.com for more information.
To become a sponsor of this event, please contact Kirby Williams at 888-991-9921 ext. 269 or Brooke Zelasney at 531-389-2379.
Donate to the event via Paypal.
- More than 4 in 5 Native Americans, both women and men, will experience violence in their lifetime
- 56% of Native women will experience violence in a given year
- 55% of Native women will experience rape or violence by an intimate partner
- Nebraska ranked 7th in the higher number of cases for U.S. States
- Omaha, NE ranked 8th in the highest number of cases for U.S. cities studied
The StrongHearts Native Helpline 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483) is a safe domestic violence and dating violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. Anonymous and confidential.
Donate to the MMIR Walk/Run
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
No event found!
NEWS & LINKS
The first round of checks will be mailed next week.
If you have not yet submitted your application, the deadline is Monday, November 30th at 11:59 p.m.
https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/ipep/
The offices and clinics of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska will be closed Thursday & Friday, November 26th & 27th in observance of Thanksgiving Day and Native American Day.Offices will reopen for …
The freezer distribution for District 3 Heads of Households in or within a 60 mile radius of the service delivery area has an additional pickup date of Tuesday, December 1 from 12-5 pm at the Osni Pon…
District 1 Sioux City Freezer Distribution for Heads of Households in or within 60 miles of Sioux City is this coming Tuesday, November 24th, starting at Noon. For more information, please call 712-25…
Thursday, November 19 | 9 am-4 pmFriday, November 20 | 9 am-4 pmCarter Lake Warehouse | 1101 Avenue HPlease drive around to the back of the warehouse!
To assist with food storage for our members, T…
WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA
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
