The only language Curtis Lieb knew was Ponca until he was 6 years old and started attending Pawnee Indian School in Pawnee. Now, the first language he spoke is considered endangered, so he and a few ...

Dan Jones, tribal chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Okla-homa, left, and Larry Wright Jr., the tribal chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska exchange gifts Wednesday in a ceremony at Haskell Indian ...

Now, the first language he spoke is considered endangered, so he and a few of his family members are trying to breathe new life into it. Lieb's grandniece, Sharvon Vick, started the class, Ponca ...

Ponca tribal member Steve Laravie (top right), who is working to revive the tribe's culture and language with Ponca children, teaches Native songs on the drum Wednesday, March 6, 2013, during a weekly ...

A group of tribal elders conversant in the Umónhon language helped newer learners at last week’s “boot camp.” About 70 people came to the institute, double the number that organizers expected. Said ...

OMAHA -- The man who helped put the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska back together again died early Wednesday in Omaha. Fred LeRoy -- Marine, Vietnam vet, tribal leader, tribal learner -- was 63. "He was so ...

This is their grandfather's song, and these are his grandchildren, singing as a way to honor their ancestor. They sing Standing Bear's song so they will be remembered, because it's sometimes easy for ...