Ponca Reservation

The Ponca Reservation of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is located in northeast Nebraska, with the seat of tribal government located in Niobrara, Knox County.^[1] The Indian reservation is also the location of the historic Ponca Fort called Nanza. The Ponca tribe does not actually have a reservation because the state of Nebraska will not allow them to have one. However, they do in fact have a 15-county service delivery area,^[2] including counties spread throughout Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa.

Established by a treaty dated March 12, 1858 and a supplemental treaty on March 10, 1865, the reservation was re-established by an Act of Congress dated March 2, 1899. There were 27,202.08 acres (110.0829 km²) allotted to 167 Indians for settlement. An Indian agency and school buildings were reserved 160 acres (0.65 km²).