Ponca Reservation

However, they do in fact have a 15-county service delivery area,[2] including counties spread throughout Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa.

Despite their original reservation having been established in 1858, the Ponca suffered decades of broken treaties, a lack of financial support from the U.S. Government, and ongoing attacks by the neighboring Sioux, with whom they were sworn enemies.

When the agent returned to Nebraska, Standing Bear and other tribal members signed an agreement to move to the Indian Territory.

Standing Bear and the other leaders decided they wanted to return home, which infuriated the Indian agent who accompanied them.

Black Elk asked that the grave of his daughter be honored, and in 1913 the town of Neligh erected a marble monument that is still there.

He tipped off Thomas Tibbles of the Omaha Daily Herald, who brought national attention to the plight of the tribe.