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Ponca
[ pong-kuh ]
noun
, plural Pon·cas, (especially collectively) Pon·ca
- a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- the Siouan language of the Ponca, mutually intelligible with Omaha.
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The Ponca Indians bury their dead in a shallow hole, packing a mound of sward over the body.
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I found on entering the lodge all the visiting chiefs present, all of whom were seated on each side of the Ponca chief.
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He had been at work on a farm down near Yankton, and was on his way to the Ponca Reservation to visit his mother.
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Its population was sometimes increased by visitors from the large Ponca Village, and from a Yankton village not far away.
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Ponca Compound is also valuable during gestation and after parturition.
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