James H. Howard (1925–82) is the author of The Canadian Sioux. Donald N. Brown was a professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University.  Judi M. gaiashkibos, an enrolled member of the Ponca tribe of Nebraska, is executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs and president of the Governor's Interstate Indian Council.

• Preface   Northern Ponca informants   Southern Ponca informants   Phonetic keyIntroductionOrigins   Ponca History, by Peter Le ClaireEnter the Long-KnivesThe Ponca "Trail of Tears"EconomyMaterial culture and housingDress and adornmentLearning and artSocial organizationReligion, dances and ceremonies, and games   Sports and gamesWar and peaceLife cycleNorthern Ponca-Southern Ponca: differential acculturationLiterature citedIndex

"Dr. Howard has presented a workable, concise monograph on the Ponca tribe and the book will be useful for many kinds of references."—Carol K. Rachlin, American Antiquity

James H. Howard (1925–82) is the author of The Canadian Sioux. Donald N. Brown was a professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University.  Judi M. gaiashkibos, an enrolled member of the Ponca tribe of Nebraska, is executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs and president of the Governor's Interstate Indian Council.

• Preface   Northern Ponca informants   Southern Ponca informants   Phonetic keyIntroductionOrigins   Ponca History, by Peter Le ClaireEnter the Long-KnivesThe Ponca "Trail of Tears"EconomyMaterial culture and housingDress and adornmentLearning and artSocial organizationReligion, dances and ceremonies, and games   Sports and gamesWar and peaceLife cycleNorthern Ponca-Southern Ponca: differential acculturationLiterature citedIndex

"Dr. Howard has presented a workable, concise monograph on the Ponca tribe and the book will be useful for many kinds of references."—Carol K. Rachlin, American Antiquity

James H. Howard (1925–82) is the author of The Canadian Sioux. Donald N. Brown was a professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University.  Judi M. gaiashkibos, an enrolled member of the Ponca tribe of Nebraska, is executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs and president of the Governor's Interstate Indian Council.

• Preface   Northern Ponca informants   Southern Ponca informants   Phonetic keyIntroductionOrigins   Ponca History, by Peter Le ClaireEnter the Long-KnivesThe Ponca "Trail of Tears"EconomyMaterial culture and housingDress and adornmentLearning and artSocial organizationReligion, dances and ceremonies, and games   Sports and gamesWar and peaceLife cycleNorthern Ponca-Southern Ponca: differential acculturationLiterature citedIndex

"Dr. Howard has presented a workable, concise monograph on the Ponca tribe and the book will be useful for many kinds of references."—Carol K. Rachlin, American Antiquity