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About this book
Named a 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Walks on the Ground is a record of Louis V. Headman’s personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades beginning with the historic notation of the Ponca people’s origins in the East. The last of the true Ponca speakers and storytellers entered Indian Territory in 1877 and most lived into the 1940s.
In Ponca heritage, the history of individuals is told and passed along in songs of tribal members. Headman acquired information primarily when singing with known ceremonial singers such as Harry Buffalohead, Ed Littlecook, Oliver Littlecook, Eli Warrior, Dr. Sherman Warrior (son of Sylvester Warrior), Roland No Ear, and “Pee-wee” Clark. Headman’s father, Kenneth Headman, shared most of this history and culture with Louis. During winter nights, after putting a large log into the fireplace, Kenneth would begin his storytelling. The other elders in the tribe confirmed Kenneth’s stories and insights and contributed to the history Louis has written about the Ponca.
Walks on the Ground traces changes in the tribe as reflected in educational processes, the influences and effects of the federal government, and the dominant social structure and culture. Headman includes children’s stories and recognizes the contribution made by Ponca soldiers who served during both world wars, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Walks on the Ground is a record of Louis V. Headman’s personal study of the Southern Ponca people, spanning seven decades beginning with the historic notation of the Ponca people’s origins in the East. The last of the true Ponca speakers and storytellers entered Indian Territory in 1877 and most lived into the 1940s.
In Ponca heritage, the history of individuals is told and passed along in songs of tribal members. Headman acquired information primarily when singing with known ceremonial singers such as Harry Buffalohead, Ed Littlecook, Oliver Littlecook, Eli Warrior, Dr. Sherman Warrior (son of Sylvester Warrior), Roland No Ear, and “Pee-wee” Clark. Headman’s father, Kenneth Headman, shared most of this history and culture with Louis. During winter nights, after putting a large log into the fireplace, Kenneth would begin his storytelling. The other elders in the tribe confirmed Kenneth’s stories and insights and contributed to the history Louis has written about the Ponca.
Walks on the Ground traces changes in the tribe as reflected in educational processes, the influences and effects of the federal government, and the dominant social structure and culture. Headman includes children’s stories and recognizes the contribution made by Ponca soldiers who served during both world wars, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- 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 Heđúškà
- 11. New Heđúškà Dance Paraphernalia
- 12. The Ponca Singers
- 13. Ponca Heđúškà 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