Osni Ponca, LLC

11/18/2020

10/19/2020

You know what this means . . . it's starting to come together. Hooray!

07/10/2020

Osni Ponca, LLC, the economic development arm of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, has purchased Farnik's Market in Niobrara. They are planning a renovation and hope to be open by Sept. 1.

03/18/2020

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
03/18/2020
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska office sites will no longer be accepting walk-in traffic.
This includes the Service Delivery Area offices in Norfolk, Niobrara, Omaha, and Lincoln, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa, and the offices of all other Ponca Tribal entities, including Northern Ponca Housing, Osni Ponca, and Prairie Flower Casino.
Members and clients will still be able to visit the offices by appointment only, but are encouraged to call first to confirm their appointment. Additionally, the Fred LeRoy Health & Wellness Center, and Ponca Health Services medical clinics will remain open.
Please be aware that this is a rapidly changing situation, and that Ponca Tribal officials will continue to work to make changes as necessary to make changes that will help protect the health and safety of staff, tribal members, and clients.
If you have a question, or need access, below are numbers to each office location:
Niobrara: 402-857-3391 Norfolk: 402-371-8834 Sioux City: 712-258-0500
Omaha: 402-734-5275 Ralston: 402-315-2760 Lincoln: 402-438-9222
NPHA: 402-379-8224 Osni: 402-434-2127 Prairie Flower: 888-946-6673

03/16/2020

Effective Monday, March 16th, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has instituted a travel ban for all employees and tribal officials. In addition, all scheduled community events and training's are canceled or postponed until May 1, at which time they will be evaluated for the safety of our tribal members.

Tribal Council would like to remind our entire tribal nation that this is a rapidly evolving situation and we will put additional measures in place as necessary. Council also wants to reassure you that we are actively monitoring the latest developments and are working to mitigate any potential effects that could harm our tribal community, especially our elders and other vulnerable populations. To that end, the following travel ban is being issued until further notice.

Effective March 16th, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is issuing a tribal wide travel ban for all tribal employees and officials. This ban applies to all employees and entities under the Ponca Tribe as well as Tribal Council, boards, and committees.

• This includes new travel as well as any currently booked out-of-state (and international) trips.
• If you are currently on travel (out-of-state or international), you are to make the Emergency Response Team aware of your return in case additional safety measures are needed.
• No outside meetings or rentals are to take place at the tribal offices.
• All tribal events are being postponed during this time.
• Travel between the tribal offices and within the tribal service areas should be limited, unless deemed essential.
• These restrictions are in place regardless of funding source.

All directors and supervisors are instructed to consider valuable training alternatives such as video or teleconference in place of in-person training. Directors and supervisors should work with their employees in minimizing the financial burden to the Tribe by making all attempts to get travel and registration costs refunded or credited for future use.

Furthermore, only essential or mandatory out-of-state travel would be considered on a case-by¬case basis by the Tribal Council.

On behalf of the Tribal Council, we appreciate your understanding and patience as we get through this together.

03/02/2020

Rose Birdhead, Fred LeRoy, and Leo Miller at the time of the state
recognition of the Ponca Tribe – 1988

02/24/2020

This undated photo of Esther Robinette Howe (on the left) was submitted by her granddaughter Erin Clancy-Hayter. The person on the right is unidentified.

Do you have historic photos of tribal members? We'd love to see them. Please send a digital copy along with any information about the photo to this page via Facebook messenger.

02/24/2020

The hearing for LB848 was held in the Nebraska Legislature on February 19th. The bill proposes changing the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. On hand for the hearing were Chairman Larry Wright Jr., Judi gaiashkibos, Executive Director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs, Senator Patty Pansing-Brooks (who introduced the bill), and Derek LaPointe, Treasurer of the Santee Sioux Tribe.

01/23/2020

Gary Stoltenberg Sr.

01/21/2020

SAVE THE DATE! More information coming soon.