Ponca Tribes: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|1789 -- First contact with Europeans}}

{{Block indent|1817 -- First treaty with the U.S. government }}

{{Block indent|1825 -- Second treaty with the U.S. government }}

{{Block indent|1858 -- Third treaty with the U.S. government<br>1865 -- Fourth treaty with the U.S. government<br>1868 -- U.S. treaty with the Sioux/Lakota that included all Ponca lands<br>1877 -- Forced Removal to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) of 681 Ponca }}

{{Block indent|1878 -- Reservation established on Salt Fork River west of the Arkansas River in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma }}

{{Block indent|1878 -- Chief Standing Bear left the reservation in Indian Territory to take his son's body back to the tribe's traditional grounds for burial. His arrest resulted in a famous trial that recognized Indians as legal persons<br>1881 -- lands returned to Ponca in Nebraska; half of tribe returned}}

{{Block indent|1966 -- Ponca Tribe of Nebraska ("Northern Ponca") terminated in U.S. policy to terminate tribes (tribal membership 442, 838&nbsp;acres tribal land)<br>1990 -- U.S. Congress approved Ponca Restoration Bill, created Ponca Tribe of Nebraska}}