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Ponca

[ pong-kuh ]

noun

, plural Pon·cas, (especially collectively) Pon·ca
  1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
  2. the Siouan language of the Ponca, mutually intelligible with Omaha.


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Example Sentences

The Ponca Indians bury their dead in a shallow hole, packing a mound of sward over the body.

I found on entering the lodge all the visiting chiefs present, all of whom were seated on each side of the Ponca chief.

He had been at work on a farm down near Yankton, and was on his way to the Ponca Reservation to visit his mother.

Its population was sometimes increased by visitors from the large Ponca Village, and from a Yankton village not far away.

Ponca Compound is also valuable during gestation and after parturition.

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