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	Ponca City, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ponca City's history has been shaped for the most part by the ebb and flow of the petroleum industry.
		Because of this period of wealth and affluence, Ponca City has an unusually high concentration of buildings that exemplify the popular Spanish revival architecture of the period, as well as art deco-influenced buildings and homes.
		Ponca City is named after the Ponca Tribe, part of which relocated from modern-day Nebraska to northern Oklahoma from 1877 to 1880.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ponca_City,_Oklahoma (1168 words)

	PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA community profiles
		The Ponca Tribal homelands are located in portions of three noncontiguous counties located in the eastern third of the state of Nebraska.
		As the Ponca had come from their northern home where such ills were little known, the disease, was particularly fatal to them, and man died of it after they reached the Indian Territory.
		Regaining the Ponca language is a responsibility of the Department of Cultural Affairs.
	www.mnisose.org /profiles/ponca.htm (2901 words)

	Nebraska Tribes - Ponca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ponca were thought of as the most successful Indian farmers.
		The bottom of the cattail was used by Ponca mothers.
		The horses grazed daily in the summer on the prairie grass and in the winter they were kept in a river-bottom near wooded land where they could browse on willow and cottonwood.
	www2.ops.org /bancroft/nativeamerican/ponca.htm (814 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ponca (North American Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
		Ponca, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages).
		The Ponca subsequently rejoined their allies and moved to the mouth of the Niobrara River, in Nebraska.
		Raids by the Sioux forced the Ponca to migrate to Oklahoma in 1877.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Ponca.html (322 words)

	Ponca City, Oklahoma -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ponca City is a city located in (A state in south central United States) Oklahoma.
		Ponca City is located at 36°42'45" North, 97°4'21" West (36.712422, -97.072431).
		Out of the total population, 23.6% of those under the age of 18 and 9.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/ponca_city,_oklahoma.htm (438 words)

	~~Ponca Tribe~~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lambertson further contended that the Poncas adhered to their traditional ways, were dependent on the government, and as Indians, were not entitled to the rights and privileges of citizens.
		The name "Ponca" is apparently a mneumonic from the Siouan dialects, and has a symbolic connotation of "sacred head" from the terms in the dialects pa-honga, from Pa, "head", (including the face), and honga, "leader" and "that which is sacred".
		Ponca City is strategically located between the metropolitan centers North 90 miles on I-35 from Oklahoma City, or 75 miles south from Wichita, KS; northwest 96 miles from Tulsa, via Cimarron Turnpike and US 177.
	quicksitebuilder.cnet.com /bdk811/poncajohnamptexastweetyourlives/id9.html (8376 words)

	North Central Oklahoma Wild West Territory - Ponca City
		Ponca City, a community of 26,000 is located in north central Oklahoma, 18 miles south of the Kansas border and 15 miles east of Interstate 35.
		Ponca City is strategically located between the metropolitan centers of Wichita (85 miles; 1 1/4 hours' drive), Tulsa (97 miles; 1 1/4 hours' drive), and Oklahoma City (103 miles; 1 3/4 hours' drive).
		Ponca City was created in true Oklahoma fashion during the land runs of the late 1800's.
	www.wildwesttour.com /communities/ponca_city.htm (1160 words)

	Real Estate Ponca : MLS RealEstate OK
		Ponca City was created with the Cherokee Strip land rush of 1893, and the city blossomed in the 1920s with the discovery of oil.
		Ponca City is not only a benchmark for Oklahoma, it also is widely recognized as the worldwide leader in numerous and diversified manufacturing areas.
		Ponca City has the amenities normally found only in larger communities but without the hassles of traffic jams, overcrowding, high utility rates and urban crime.
	www.everythingre.com /listings/Oklahoma/Ponca (215 words)

	PONCA - LoveToKnow Article on PONCA
		They were driven westward by the Dakotas, and halted on the Ponca river, Dakota.
		After a succession of treaties and removals they were placed on a reservation at the mouth of the Niobrara, where they were prospering, when their lands were forcibly taken from them, and they were removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
		They were recaptured, but public attention having been drawn to their hard case they were liberated in I 88o, after a long trial, which resulted in their being declared United States citizens.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PONCA.htm (154 words)

	Ponca on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ponca tribe in Oklahoma battles Continental Carbon's pollution.
		Ponca Tribe and PACE Union Hold Protest March Condemning Environmental Pollution and Employee Lockout; Legal Actions Announced.
		Ponca City, Okla., Hearing to Seek Solution to Lockout at Continental Carbon.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Ponca.asp (542 words)

	The Ponca Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ponca Indians were forced to restrict their land to a portion of Nebraska along the Niobrara river, but the government gave that land to the Sioux, then forced the Ponca to relocate to Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
		Although the city bearing their name is in Oklahoma, the Ponca Indians are a tribe of native Americans that originated in Nebraska and lived along the Niobrara branch of the Missouri River.
		In 1858 the Ponca, under their Chief Standing Bear, under pressure from the United States government, agreed to give up all of their land except for a section along the Niobrara and tried to change from being a nomadic people to being farmers.
	wawa.essortment.com /poncaindians_ruci.htm (914 words)

	Ponca City, Oklahoma - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
		Ponca City, OK Ponca City was founded on September 16, 1893 when the great land run opened the Cherokee Strip to white settlement.
		Certificates for lots in Ponca City were sold by the Ponca Townsite Company for $2 each and each certificate was good for either one business lot or one residential lot.
		Even though Ponca City began with the 1893 land run, it was the '20s when the city came alive.
	www.lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=OK0610029&VA=Y (276 words)

	Ponca City Oklahoma - Chamber of Commerce - Relocating?
		The Chamber's purpose is to "Serve as the business community's catalyst for leading the Ponca City area into a growing, diversified and prosperous future".
		The Ponca City Utility Authority provides electric, water, wastewater and solid waste service for residences and businesses in the Ponca City Area.
		The Ponca City Board of Education is located at 111 W. Grand.
	www.poncacitychamber.com /relocate.html (691 words)

	Omaha-Ponca
		However, the five tribes were already distinct at contact, and there are no traditions dating to a period of unity of the whole, except a very generic account that includes the Chiwere and Winnebago speakers, too, and seems to me to be a recent concoction, dating to the treaty period.
		In fact, the precise differences between the Omaha and Ponca dialects are unknown to linguists.
		Dakotan (wi)kc^emnaN, while both modern Omaha and modern Ponca have the irregular development gdhebaN, suggesting that whenever and wherever this form originated, it was able to oust the regular form in both groups by the late 1800s.
	spot.colorado.edu /~koontz/omaha/op_sketch.htm (682 words)

	NMNH - Repatriation Office - Reports - Plains - Ponca
		An inventory and assessment of the human remains and funerary objects potentially affiliated with the Ponca in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution (SI) was initiated in response to a February 24, 1994 request from Chairwoman Deborah Wright of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
		The remains of eight individuals and several funerary objects collected from Ponca graves near the old Ponca Agency near the Niobrara River in northeastern Nebraska, were sent to the AMM by Assistant Army Surgeon G.P. Hachenberg in 1869.
		The funerary objects attributed to Comfort are a horn spoon, a cupping horn, a headdress, a bone whistle, a bone painter, a paint bag, a cloth bag, a pair of moccasins, a fragment of a beaded object, eight metal dangles, and 30 shell beads.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /anthro/repatriation/reports/regional/plains/ponca.htm (658 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PONCA INDIANS This is the homeland of the Ponca Indians who have lived in this area since earliest recorded history.
		The Ponca were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1877.
		A Nebraska reservation was eventually assigned to the Northern Ponca while many of the Southern Ponca remained in Oklahoma.
	www.panesu.org /subject/markers/Ponca-Indians (220 words)

	Housing, Schools and Churches - Ponca Nebraska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Serving children since 1859, the Ponca Public School has a K-12 enrollment of 421 students and offers outstanding educational programs as well as a number of extracurricular opportunities which are enjoyed by the entire community.
		The philosophy of the Ponca School District is to help each student develop to his or her fullest extent--mentally, socially, emotionally and physically--enabling them to take their place in society as well-adjusted, contributing members.
		Ponca's Carnegie Library was established in 1913 and stands as the center point of the town.
	www.ci.ponca.ne.us /house.htm (296 words)

	Local News and Sports
		Ponca City was touched by national and world figures in areas of politics, entertainment and other events during 1996.
		Ponca City's own native world personality Mike Boettcher of NBC TV came to Ponca City to film events in his hometown for television.
		A 1994 graduate of Ponca City High School, the bride-to-be is also a graduate of the 22nd Fire Academy, Butte College, Oroville, Calif. She will be attending college in the Spring in order to obtain an EMS license.
	www.poncacitynews.com /NewsArchives/0197Folder/lo010197.html (3812 words)

	Ponca State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		White settlement began in the late 1850's when the Omaha and Ponca, the last Indian inhabitants of the area, sold their land.
		Ponca, the Dixon County seat, was located in 1856 along the Aowa Valley at the confluence of the South and Aowa Creeks.
		Ponca Legion Post 117 was instrumental in the community effort to donate the land to the state.
	www.nebraskahistory.org /publish/markers/texts/ponca_state_park.htm (211 words)

	Ponca State Park - Nebraska - OutdoorPlaces.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ponca State Park is 892 heavily forested acres located on high bluffs and steep hills along the western banks of the Missouri and is adjacent to the Missouri National Recreational River.
		Ponca State Park isn't without modern facilities and family activities, and in the summer the park becomes a vacation paradise.
		With so much to offer Ponca State Park is an outstanding destination when visiting the Upper Missouri River in northeastern Nebraska.
	www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/stateparks/nebraska/ponca (968 words)

	poncacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ponca City Chapter promotes Constitution Week and the September program is devoted to understanding the Constitution and how it was formed.
		The Ponca City Chapter, Oklahoma Society Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized in 1918.
		Ponca City Chapter members have served the Oklahoma Society DAR annually as officers and chairmen of state committees.
	www.okdar.org /poncacity (856 words)

	Ponca Indians
		The Poncas were a Siouan-speaking tribe, whose language was nearly identical to the Omahas.
		The village was on Ponca Creek, in Knox County, probably not far from the present village of Verdel.
		Sent Shields and Gibson to the Ponca Towns, which are Situated on the Ponca River on the lower side about two miles from its mouth in an open beautiful plain.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/TheJourney/NativeAmericans/Ponca.htm (338 words)

	Ponca City News
		Ponca City scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to win the battle for second place in District 6A-3, 22-to-20 at Stillwater Thursday night.
		A Ponca City man died this afternoon when his pickup truck ran off a state highway near Fairfax and crashed into a tree.
		A State labor Department report says five boys were ignoring safety rules at a Ponca City water park last month when one of them, a 17 year old lifeguard fell from a ride and died.
	www.topix.net /city/ponca-city-ok (1005 words)

	The Ponca Tribe's Trail of Tears
		After decades of broken treaties, the Ponca continued to suffer from attacks by the Sioux, terrible weather conditions, and lack of financial support from the U.S. Government.
		Unfortunately for Standing Bear and the Ponca, Kemble was already back, and he had new orders from Washington -- the Ponca were to be moved, using force if necessary, to Indian Territory.
		The Ponca were divided in their willingness to leave.
	www.nebraskastudies.org /0600/stories/0601_0103.html (668 words)

	Ponca City, Oklahoma (Cities)
		Ponca City is located in north central Oklahoma in Kay County, at the junction of U.S. Highways 60 & 177.
		In fact, the adjacent Pioneer Woman Museum was expanded to showcase women's exploits from the prairie days to the Space Age.
		Also of interest are the Ponca City Art Center and the Marland's Grand Home.
	www.ohwy.com /ok/p/poncacit.htm (162 words)

	PONCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ponca has the smallest student population, but serves the largest geographical area in OPS.
		Ponca students consistently rank at or near the top in the city on the annual CAT exams.
		The raccoon was adopted as the mascot for Ponca School many years ago due to the large number of raccoons in the area.
	www.ops.org /ponca/Ponca_History.html (322 words)

	-- Ponca State Park, Nebraska - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
		Ponca State Park, NE Situated astride the picturesque Missouri River bluffs in northeastern Nebraska, Ponca State Park is at the eastern gateway of the Missouri National Recreational River, a 59-mile section featuring the only unchannelized section of the river bordering Nebraska.
		It was the famed Ponca Chief Standing Bear who fought and won the court battle to have the Indian declared a "person" under American law.
		Ponca State Park has an on-site naturalist to help guide and educate visitors on the history, biology, ecology, astronomy and geology of the area.
	www.lasr.net /pages/park.php?Park_ID=NE01sp001&VS=Y (640 words)

	Ponca City, Oklahoma - Chamber of Commerce - Ponca City Summit
		Ponca City is truly fortunate to have the support of this dedicated group of leaders with their vision and commitment to our community.
		Ponca City High School awarded a Blue Ribbon Award from Expansion Management Magazine, the leading site location magazine in the United States, as one of the top 33% of school districts nationwide.
		The Monthly Fly-in at the Ponca City Airport is an ever increasing event, with over 150 airplanes coming from all over the region.
	www.poncacitychamber.com /pc_summit.html (930 words)

	Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building District, featured during National American Indian Heritage Month, a National ...
		The Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building District is significant for its association with Social History and the Indian Emergency Conservation Work (IECW) program, a New Deal program designed to provide relief for American Indians during the Great Depression.
		The Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building was constructed in 1936 and designed as a vocational training building, but was also used to meet the cultural needs of the Ponca Tribe and to serve as a meeting place for the governing bodies of the tribes.
		The Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building is a one and a half story frame building featuring side gables with shed extensions on both the front and rear facades.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nR/feature/indian/2003/ponca.htm (351 words)

	Ponca Oral History Collection
		Following are four interviews conducted by Scott E. White as part of his research for his dissertation, "A History of the Poncas in Nebraska: A Struggle for Survival." The Ph.D. was awarded by Arizona State University in December 2003.
		White covers the history of the Nebraskan Poncas from the earliest times to the present.
		Chytko was secretary to the Northern Ponca Restoration Committee from 1987 to 1990, and served as interim chairperson following restoration.
	www.asu.edu /lib/archives/ponca.htm (225 words)

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