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Chief Standing Bear
 
By Cosmos Mariner, August 7, 2021
The Ponca Tribe Marker
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1 ► Nebraska, Knox County, Niobrara — 62 — The Ponca Tribe —
On State Highway 12 at 522 Avenue, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 12.
This has been the homeland of the Ponca Indians since earliest recorded history. In 1868 the federal government signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which transferred the land to the Sioux without the permission of the Ponca. Treaties made with the . . . — — Map (db m179194) HM
2 ► Nebraska, Seward County, Milford — 535 — Standing Bear and the Ponca Tribe —
Near Interstate 80 at milepost 381, 2 miles east of Exit 379 (State Highway 15), on the right when traveling east.
In 1877 the Ponca Tribe and Chief Standing Bear were forced from their Nebraska homeland along the Niobrara River to an Oklahoma reservation. Hardships followed them during the more than 500-mile trek. Standing Bear’s daughter Prairie Flower died . . . — — Map (db m179391) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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