Land area
Land of the Ponka in Oklahoma, recorded 1878 (area 628)
- 1878
Named in the record
The 1899 record: “Provides for immediate removal from Quapaw reservation to a new home W. of the Kaws”
- 1881
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “Makes appropriation for purchase of tract in Indian Territory selected for their future home”
In the record
A new reservation in Indian Territory for the Ponka, authorized in 1878 and paid for under an 1881 act with land bought from the Cherokee; not ceded. The area covers about 123 thousand acres in what is now Oklahoma.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
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
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno
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
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 2, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahomasuggested
- Ponca Tribe of Nebraskasuggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1878-05-27primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1881-03-03primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Indian Territory 3 (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
- 628
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1878-05-27; 1881-03-03
- Kind of instrument
- Act of Congress
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Ponka
- States
- OK
- Counties
- Garfield; Grant
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Indian Territory 3
- 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