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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 59 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONCA , a tribe of See also:

North-See also:American See also:Indians of Siouan stock. They were originally See also:part of the See also:Omaha tribe, with whom they lived near the Red See also:River of the North. They were driven westward by the Dakotas, and halted on the Ponca river, Dakota. After a See also:succession of See also:treaties and removals they were placed on a See also:reservation at the mouth of the Niobrara, where they were prospering, when their lands were forcibly taken from them, and they were removed to See also:Indian Territory (See also:Oklahoma). During the See also:march thither and in their new quarters, the tribe's See also:health suffered, so that in 1878 they revolted and made their way back to the See also:Omahas. They were recaptured, but public See also:attention having been See also:drawn to their hard See also:case they were liberated in 188o, after a See also:long trial, which resulted in their being declared See also:United States citizens. They number some 700, mostly in Oklahoma.

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