Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
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Lands
Fifteen-county service area across Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota, United States
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Facts 3
Today
The tribe serves its people across a fifteen-county service area in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota, set up by the Ponca Restoration Act.
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Governance
The Ponca Restoration Act, signed by President George H. W. Bush, restored federal recognition to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
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Achievement
In 1879 Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca won a federal case that made him the first Native American declared a person under US law.
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