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Ponca Tribe
"God made me, and I am a man." - Chief Standing Bear
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"When you are in doubt, be still, and wait..." - Chief White Eagle
The 8th Annual Dhegiha Language Conference will be July 26-27 at Downstream Casino Resort in Quapaw, Oklahoma. Click her for more information and to access the registration form.
There will be a Circle of Elders Gathering from noon to 2 p.m. May 29 at the Fred LeRoy Health & Wellness Center in Omaha. Click here to see the flyer for more details.
Members of the Circle of Youth will be sharing their culture by dancing June 9 at the bandshell in Seward, NE. Click here to see the flyer for more details.
A dedication ceremony for a bench the tribe is donating to honor Sydney Loofe will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Neligh, NE. Find out more by visiting http://www.myantelopecountynews.com/nelighnews/public-invited-as-ponca-tribe-honors-sydney-loofe
The tribe’s Culture department is looking for volunteers to help clean up the cemetery starting at 9 a.m.on Saturday, May 26. We would also like to invite any tribal members who have family buried there to help locate any unmarked graves so we can update and get them marked. Contact Dwight Howe at 402-857-3519 with […]
Nebraska Governor Pete Rickets has signed LB 807, which will of replace statues of William Jennings Bryan and J. Sterling Morton at the U.S. Capitol with statues of Chief Standing Bear and Willa Cather. To view the signed bill, visit https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/LB807_Signed.pdf
Culture Director Dwight Howe will be appearing on Nebraska Indian Community College radio station KZYK from 1-2 p.m. every Thursday to share the Ponca language, songs and stories as part of a new “Ponca Abthiⁿ” (“I Am Ponca”) program. To listen live on the internet, you can go to http://www.thenicc.edu/index.php/en/kzyk/radio It is recommended that you […]
The Nebraska Legislature has passed LB 807, which will place a statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear at the U.S. Capitol. The vote was 47-1 in favor of replacing statues of William Jennings Bryan and J. Sterling Morton with Chief Standing Bear and Willa Cather.
Ponca elders (age 55 and over) living in the tribe’s Service Delivery Area are invited to participate in an Elder Needs Assessment Survey. Eligible elders who complete the survey will receive a $25 Walmart gift card. The survey will be used to guide tribal service planning. Take the survey at https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4256010/Elders-Planning-Survey
Tribal members are invited to take a survey to help judge the interest of a potential burial assistance benefit that would be made available to members at no cost. To take the survey, visit http://sgiz.mobi/s3/Burial-Benefits
The Social Services Department has a limited number of free passes to the Lincoln Children’s Zoo available to Ponca members. If you are interested, contact Joan at 402-438-9222 ext. 2017 or jgeardino@poncatribe-ne.org.
Beginning April 16, there will be weekly meals for Ponca Elders (55 and older) and their caregivers/spouses can receive a meal from noon to 2 p.m. at tribal office sites. This will be an ongoing weekly event. Monday – Lincoln Tuesday – Omaha Wednesday – Sioux City Thursday – Norfolk Friday – Niobrara Click here […]
The Ponca Tribal Council once again has approved the purchase of a Corporate Membership at the Tatanka Golf Club, operated by the Santee Sioux Tribe, near Niobrara, Nebraska. For full details, visit https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tatanka_golf_membership_2018_revised.pdf
On March 23, 2018, a State of Emergency was declared for the Ponca Language. From Tribal Chairman Larry Wright Jr.: “The 1960’s termination of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska had catastrophic affects on every aspect of our nation. Lost was our sense of community, history, culture, traditions and programs our people depended upon. Since the […]
Here is a link to an editorial that appeared in the March 4 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star and is supportive of placing a statue of Chief Standing Bear in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. http://journalstar.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-standing-bear-cather-would-honor-state-at-us-capitol/article_be622ae0-8bd7-5375-b969-f04c23036488.html
The Ponca Election Board has posted the 2018 Council General Election Guidelines. Click here to download the notice from the Election Board.
The 2018 Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy will be June 24-29 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The deadline to apply is May 25. Click here to see the flyer for more details.
The “Dictionary of the Ponca People” by Louis Headman with Sean O’Neill will be available beginning in June through the University of Nebraska Press. Click on the link for information on pre-ordering a copy. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496204356/
Starting in April 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin mailing new Medicare Health Insurance cards. This new card contains a unique, randomly-assigned number that replaces the current Social Security-based number. According to CMS the goal of this change is to remove Social Security numbers to help prevent fraud, combat identity […]
Members: Tribal Council has approved funds for the new fiscal year for the Ponca Youth Enrichment Fund. To see the policy for members living in the 15-county Service Delivery Area, visit https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/policy_pyef_insidesda_170828.pdf. For members living outside the Service Delivery Area, the policy can be viewed at https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/policy_pyef_outsidesda_170828.pdf.
Tribal members can sign up to receive emails from Human Resources whenever new jobs within the tribe are posted. You can sign up with any office coordinator or by sending an email to hr@poncatribe-ne.org.
You can help support the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Circle of Elders by downloading the TAGG app on your Android of Apple mobile device. You can use the app to have 5 percent of your purchases at several businesses in Lincoln and Omaha donated to the tribe. There is no cost to you. See the […]
New Ponca Language Database available at Ponca Language Database. The passcode is: passcode
The 8th Annual Dhegiha Language Conference will be July 26-27 at Downstream Casino Resort in Quapaw, Oklahoma. Click her for more information and to access the registration form.
There will be a Circle of Elders Gathering from noon to 2 p.m. May 29 at the Fred LeRoy Health & Wellness Center in Omaha. Click here to see the flyer for more details.
Members of the Circle of Youth will be sharing their culture by dancing June 9 at the bandshell in Seward, NE. Click here to see the flyer for more details.
A dedication ceremony for a bench the tribe is donating to honor Sydney Loofe will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Neligh, NE. Find out more by visiting http://www.myantelopecountynews.com/nelighnews/public-invited-as-ponca-tribe-honors-sydney-loofe
The tribe’s Culture department is looking for volunteers to help clean up the cemetery starting at 9 a.m.on Saturday, May 26. We would also like to invite any tribal members who have family buried there to help locate any unmarked graves so we can update and get them marked. Contact Dwight Howe at 402-857-3519 with […]
Nebraska Governor Pete Rickets has signed LB 807, which will of replace statues of William Jennings Bryan and J. Sterling Morton at the U.S. Capitol with statues of Chief Standing Bear and Willa Cather. To view the signed bill, visit https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/LB807_Signed.pdf
Culture Director Dwight Howe will be appearing on Nebraska Indian Community College radio station KZYK from 1-2 p.m. every Thursday to share the Ponca language, songs and stories as part of a new “Ponca Abthiⁿ” (“I Am Ponca”) program. To listen live on the internet, you can go to http://www.thenicc.edu/index.php/en/kzyk/radio It is recommended that you […]
The Nebraska Legislature has passed LB 807, which will place a statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear at the U.S. Capitol. The vote was 47-1 in favor of replacing statues of William Jennings Bryan and J. Sterling Morton with Chief Standing Bear and Willa Cather.
Ponca elders (age 55 and over) living in the tribe’s Service Delivery Area are invited to participate in an Elder Needs Assessment Survey. Eligible elders who complete the survey will receive a $25 Walmart gift card. The survey will be used to guide tribal service planning. Take the survey at https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4256010/Elders-Planning-Survey
Tribal members are invited to take a survey to help judge the interest of a potential burial assistance benefit that would be made available to members at no cost. To take the survey, visit http://sgiz.mobi/s3/Burial-Benefits
The Social Services Department has a limited number of free passes to the Lincoln Children’s Zoo available to Ponca members. If you are interested, contact Joan at 402-438-9222 ext. 2017 or jgeardino@poncatribe-ne.org.
Beginning April 16, there will be weekly meals for Ponca Elders (55 and older) and their caregivers/spouses can receive a meal from noon to 2 p.m. at tribal office sites. This will be an ongoing weekly event. Monday – Lincoln Tuesday – Omaha Wednesday – Sioux City Thursday – Norfolk Friday – Niobrara Click here […]
The Ponca Tribal Council once again has approved the purchase of a Corporate Membership at the Tatanka Golf Club, operated by the Santee Sioux Tribe, near Niobrara, Nebraska. For full details, visit https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tatanka_golf_membership_2018_revised.pdf
On March 23, 2018, a State of Emergency was declared for the Ponca Language. From Tribal Chairman Larry Wright Jr.: “The 1960’s termination of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska had catastrophic affects on every aspect of our nation. Lost was our sense of community, history, culture, traditions and programs our people depended upon. Since the […]
Here is a link to an editorial that appeared in the March 4 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star and is supportive of placing a statue of Chief Standing Bear in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. http://journalstar.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-standing-bear-cather-would-honor-state-at-us-capitol/article_be622ae0-8bd7-5375-b969-f04c23036488.html
The Ponca Election Board has posted the 2018 Council General Election Guidelines. Click here to download the notice from the Election Board.
The 2018 Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy will be June 24-29 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The deadline to apply is May 25. Click here to see the flyer for more details.
The “Dictionary of the Ponca People” by Louis Headman with Sean O’Neill will be available beginning in June through the University of Nebraska Press. Click on the link for information on pre-ordering a copy. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496204356/
Starting in April 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin mailing new Medicare Health Insurance cards. This new card contains a unique, randomly-assigned number that replaces the current Social Security-based number. According to CMS the goal of this change is to remove Social Security numbers to help prevent fraud, combat identity […]
Members: Tribal Council has approved funds for the new fiscal year for the Ponca Youth Enrichment Fund. To see the policy for members living in the 15-county Service Delivery Area, visit https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/policy_pyef_insidesda_170828.pdf. For members living outside the Service Delivery Area, the policy can be viewed at https://www.poncatribe-ne.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/policy_pyef_outsidesda_170828.pdf.
Tribal members can sign up to receive emails from Human Resources whenever new jobs within the tribe are posted. You can sign up with any office coordinator or by sending an email to hr@poncatribe-ne.org.
You can help support the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Circle of Elders by downloading the TAGG app on your Android of Apple mobile device. You can use the app to have 5 percent of your purchases at several businesses in Lincoln and Omaha donated to the tribe. There is no cost to you. See the […]
New Ponca Language Database available at Ponca Language Database. The passcode is: passcode
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
