Walks on the ground : a tribal history of the Ponca nation /

Headman, Louis,

Walks on the ground : a tribal history of the Ponca nation / Louis V. Headman ; foreword by Sean O'Neill. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Phonetic Key -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Niobrara -- 3. Trade Agreements, Indian Treaties, and Indian Removal -- 4. Chief Standing Bear -- 5. Indian Territory -- 6. The Selection of Ponca Chiefs -- 7. The Ponca Reservation in Oklahoma -- 8. Ethnography -- 9. The Ponca Giveaway -- 10. The Old Ponca Heđúškà -- 11. New Heđúškà Dance Paraphernalia -- 12. The Ponca Singers -- 13. Ponca Heđúškà Songs -- 14. Family Structure and Kinship System 15. Marriage and Property -- 16. Clans of the Ponca -- 17. Ponca Names -- 18. Toys, Games, and Sports -- 19. Arts and Crafts -- 20. The Ponca Native American Church -- 21. The Christian Church in the Ponca Community -- 22. The Spirit World -- 23. The Funeral Rites -- 24. Ancient Ponca Burials and Practices -- 25. Ponca Medicine -- 26. Journey to the School House -- 27. Into the School House -- 28. Warriors of the Ponca -- 29. Political Governance -- Afterword -- Appendix: U.S. Treaty Obligations to Indian Tribes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

"Walks on the Ground is a record of Ponca elder Louis V. Headman's personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades"--



9781496219350


Ponca Indians--History.


Electronic Books.

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