Land area

Land of the Ponka in Nebraska, recorded 1858 (area 472)

Shape traced from the 1899 maps; approximate. Open on the map

In the record

The area covers about 0 thousand acres in what is now Nebraska.

The record ties this land to 2 agreements: Ponca at Washington, DC (1858) and Ponca at Washington, DC (1865). Which one ceded it has not been checked yet, so the map dates it by the first.

How it was taken: a treaty or agreement. The OSU treaty text records a negotiated cession in exchange for protection and annuities; the later loss of the reservation came from the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty, not this one.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.

See this cession on the map

Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.

Who is doing the work

Land return and Native-led work nearby

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Native legal and land defense, nationally

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

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Connections

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Sources

Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1858-03-12primary record
Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1858-03-12primary record
Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1865-03-10primary record
Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, text for 1865-03-10primary record
Royce’s map sheet: Dakota 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work

The record’s fields

Area number in the 1899 record: 472
Dates in the 1899 record: 1858-03-12; 1865-03-10; 1890-10-23
Kind of instrument: Treaty or agreement
Peoples as named in the 1899 record: Ponka
States: NE
Counties: Boyd
Map sheets in the 1899 record: Dakota 1
Geometry: Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps

Research notes

geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.

Kind: Land area
Confidence: Medium

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