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Walks on the Ground is a record of Ponca elder Louis V. Headman’s personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Sean O’Neill
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Phonetic Key
1. Beginnings
2. Niobrara
3. Trade Agreements, Indian Treaties, and Indian Removal
4. Chief Standing Bear
5. Indian Territory
6. The Selection of Ponca Chiefs
7. The Ponca Reservation in Oklahoma
8. Ethnography
9. The Ponca Giveaway
10. The Old Ponca He¿úškà
11. New He¿üškà Dance Paraphernalia
12. The Ponca Singers
13. Ponca He¿úškà Songs
14. Family Structure and Kinship System
15. Marriage and Property
16. Clans of the Ponca
17. Ponca Names
18. Toys, Games, and Sports
19. Arts and Crafts
20. The Ponca Native American Church
21. The Christian Church in the Ponca Community
22. The Spirit World
23. The Funeral Rites
24. Ancient Ponca Burials and Practices
25. Ponca Medicine
26. Journey to the School House
27. Into the School House
28. Warriors of the Ponca
29. Political Governance
Afterword
Appendix: U.S. Treaty Obligations to Indian Tribes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Louis V. Headman (Ponca elder, Oklahoma) is the project coordinator of the Ponca Language Grant and pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Ponca City. He is a coauthor of
Dictionary of the Ponca People (Nebraska, 2020).
Sean O’Neill is a professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. He is a coauthor of
Dictionary of the Ponca People (Nebraska, 2020).
Summary
Walks on the Ground is a record of Ponca Elder Louis V. Headman’s personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades.
