Ponca

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Indigenous people of the Great Plains Native American people

The Ponca are a Native American people originally from the Great Plains region, closely related to other Dhegiha Siouan tribes and known for their forced relocation and subsequent legal battles over tribal sovereignty.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ponca people 4
Ponca tribe 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
citizenship United States citizens ⓘ
culturalArea Plains Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language preservation efforts ⓘ
revival of traditional ceremonies ⓘ
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicType small population relative to other Plains tribes ⓘ
economy mixed modern economy including tribal enterprises ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced allotment under the Dawes Act ⓘ
forcedRelocation Indian Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy tribal council (modern era) ⓘ
historicalTerritory Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn Standing Bear v. Crook NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for Native civil rights ⓘ
legal battles over tribal sovereignty ⓘ
language Ponca language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
legalSignificance early U.S. federal court recognition of Native Americans as persons under the law ⓘ
modernLocation Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent forced removal from Nebraska in the 1870s ⓘ
notableLeader Standing Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalRegion Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs sovereign tribal nations within the United States legal framework ⓘ
relatedTo Kansa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Omaha people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osage people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quapaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroupOf Dhegiha Siouan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
sufferedFrom U.S. Indian removal policies ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
population decline in the 19th century ⓘ
traditionalReligion traditional Siouan spiritual practices ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
bison hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
treatyRelationsWith United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Ponca people
Kaw → relatedEthnicGroup → Ponca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ponca tribe
Omaha → relatedEthnicGroup → Ponca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ponca people
this entity surface form: Ponca people
this entity surface form: Ponca people