Ponca Tribe of Nebraska — lands ceded, 1858–1878

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1858–1878, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 5,698 km² in 4 cessions across Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Cessions

Royce no.	Date	As the schedule names the parties	Sources
409	March 12, 1858	Ponka · with Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Royce’s schedule · treaty text
471	March 12, 1858; March 10, 1865	Ponka · with Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Royce’s schedule · treaty text
472	March 12, 1858; March 10, 1865; October 23, 1890	Ponka · with Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Royce’s schedule · treaty text
628	May 27, 1878; March 3, 1881	Ponka · with Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	Royce’s schedule

Lands proven before the Indian Claims Commission

Areas on the Commission’s 1978 map that this nation, or nations it is part of, proved they held when the United States took them:

Ponca · area 66, taken 1857–1889

No trail in Project Homeland crosses these lands yet. A map that shows one, traced in, would add it.

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.