{"product_id":"the-ponca-tribe-9780803228191","title":"The Ponca Tribe","description":"The culture of the Ponca Indians is less well known than their misfortunes. A model of research and clarity, \u003ci\u003eThe Ponca Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e is still the most complete account of these Indians who inhabited the upper central plains. Peaceably inclined and never numerous, they built earth-lodge villages, cultivated gardens, and hunted buffalo. James H. Howard considers their historic situation in present-day South Dakota and Nebraska, their trade with Europeans and relations with the U.S. government, and, finally, their loss of land along the Niobrara River and forced removal to Indian Territory. \u003cbr\u003e The tragic events surrounding the 1877 removal, culminating in the arrest and trial of Chief Standing Bear, are only part of the Ponca story. Howard, a respected ethnologist, traces the tribe's origins and early history. Aided by Ponca informants, he presents their way of life in his descriptions of Ponca lodgings, arts and crafts, clothing and ornaments, food, tools and weapons, dogs and horses, kinship system, governance, sexual practices, and religious ceremonies and dances. He tells what is known about a proud (and ultimately divided) tribe that was led down a \"trail of tears.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ponca Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in 1965 as a bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803228191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.58w x 0.49d","brand":"James H. Howard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643635232924,"sku":"9780803228191","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_187edffc-d41e-4820-8b66-4c7ce6a80808.jpg?v=1603856987","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ponca-tribe-9780803228191","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}