Ponca

American  

[pong-kuh] / ˈpɒŋ kə /

noun

plural

Poncas,

plural

Ponca

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.

2. the Siouan language of the Ponca, mutually intelligible with Omaha.

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Example Sentences

Rissa Pittman, then a store manager in Ponca City, Okla., said it was easier to staff her store after 2015 as wages improved and it became easier to train workers for promotions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Also, most of the songs are in the Ponca language, a sister to Osage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Nebraska’s other statue, of Ponca Chief Standing Bear, was unveiled in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Army forcibly removed Chief Standing Bear and about 700 Ponca members from the Niobrara River Valley in what is now northeastern Nebraska.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

A savage storm blew across the prairie and turned the streets into rivers of mud, so the private detective didn’t arrive in Ponca City until dark, only to discover that Brown wasn’t there.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann