INDIAN ACTIVITIES IN PONCA CITY AND WHITE EAGLE  (also see MORE activities listed by Tribes further down this page, some of which are located in Kay County):

ART:  Wa-Sha-Be Art Galary is a non-frofit organization designed to provide contemporary Native American artists with an opportunity to exhibit and sell there works.  Open since November of 2004  at 203 North First Street in Ponca City on Thursdays from 10-3, Fridays and Saturdays from Noon to 5PM, the gallery also offers classes in beadwork, silversmithing, leadther work, pottery.  Infomation=762-8606

CHURCHES: Churches: Ponca Indian Nazareen Church   South of Ponca City ON HIWAY 177, 765-5765,  Ponca Indian United Methodist Church   White Eagle, Ok.  765-4744

MUSEUMS: Marland Grand Home 1000 East Grand Ave, Ponca City, Ok. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-5PM Has tours of Home, Indian Exhibit on 2nd floor, (admission charge) Information=767-0427   http://www.marlandgrandhome.com

STANDING BEAR MONUMENT AND PARK :   at South 4th Street :   has free viewing of the Standing Bear  Monument and   American Indian  Tribal Monuments,  free use of a laborinth and paved jogging and walking trails,  and  the Standing Bear powwow grounds used each September. 

PONCA NATION      WEB SITE = HTTP://MAXPAGES.COM/PONCA  Aug 25-28 2005 Pow Wow at White Eagle Park  762-8104

20 WHITE EAGLE DRIVE, Ponca City, Oklahoma  74601  Tribal Council =762-1119, 762-8104

HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP: http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/okponchrtr.html

GENEOLOGY: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ponca/poncaindianhist.htm -

LANGUAGE:   Everyone interested in the Ponca Language is invited to the Ponca Language Arts Coincil every Friday at 1:30PM in the Valdez Building at White Eagle, Oklahoma.

Ponca Tribal Enterprises       White Eagle 74601  Phone 765-0040

Ponca Tribal Child Development Center    20 White Eagle Dr. 74601  Phone 762-5355

Ponca Tribal Courts     206 Starting Point Dr. 74601  Phone 762-0381

Ponca Tribal Food Distribution Program    at White Eagle 74601 Phone 762-3443

Ponca Tribe Even Start Program 5856  S. Hiway l77  Phone 718-0511

Ponca Tribe Healthly Hearts Program 100 White Eagle Dr. l74601 Phone 762-3230

Ponca Tribe Roads PlanningDept. 100 White Eagle Dr. 74601  Phone 762-8428

Ponca Tribe Title 5 Youth Services   100 White Eagle Dr. 74601, PHone =762-2892  

LANGUAGES: Updated Mar 1 2001   Go to Indian Territory ,    Native American Languages ,
the index is this way!   Also see Justin McBride, Kaw Nation Language Director. 

OTHER AREA AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES

Cherokee Heritage Center   PO BOX 515    Tahlequah, OK 74465   (918) 456-6007
Website=  (http://www.cherokee.org)

The Chickasaw Nation Council House Museum  PO BOX 717  Tishomingo, OK 73460
(405) 371-3351        Chickasaw Museum  PO BOX 1548  520 E. Arlington/Mississippi   Ada, OK 74820
(405) 436-260          Website:    http://www.chickasaw.net 

Choctaw Nation Museum  HC 64 BOX 3270  Tuskahoma, OK 74574-9758   website= http://www.choctawnation.com 

Creek Council House  Town Square  Okmulgee, OK 74447   (918) 756-2324
Website=  http://www.creekcouncilhouse.com  

KAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA     3201 Riveroad,  Newkirk,  Ok. 74647   Phone=580-362-1444    Facilities and programs located at Kaw City and Newkirk, Oklahoma.  Website= http://www.kawnation.com    Kaw Nation PowWow at Kaw City August 7-8  580-269-2552

OSAGE NATION   official web site= http://www.osagetribe.com/      P.O. Box 779, Pawhuska, Ok. 74656,   Reservation=Osage County,   Museum=918-287-5441

Seminole Nation Museum    PO BOX 1532    524 S Wewoka Ave.    Wewoka, OK 74884
(405) 257-5580        Website= http://www.seminolenation-incianterritory.org

TONKAWA TRIBE HEADQUARTERS AND MUSEUM  This museum is the tribal headquarters for the Tonkawa tribe.  Native American artifacts include tribal headdresses, traditional clothing, maps and games related to the history of the tribe are on display.     Two miles east of  Tonkawa on Route 1. 580-628-5301.  WEB SITE=  HTTP://WWW.TONKAWATRIBE.COM   July 27-31-2005Tribal Powwow at Fort Oakland, Tonkawa 580-628-2561

2001 List of Indian Tribes In Oklahoma

Absentee Shawnee Tribe James Lee Edwards, Governor 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Shawnee, OK 74801 (405) 275-4030  Fax (405) 275-5637   Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town Rebecca Torres, Chief P.O. Box 537 Henryetta, OK 74437 (918) 652-8708  Fax (918) 652-8708   Apache Tribe Gene Marouqin, Chairman P.O. Box 1220 Anadarko, OK 73005 (405) 247-9493  Fax (405)247-7617   Caddo Tribe LaRue Parker, Chairman P.O. Box 487 Binger, OK 73009 (405) 656-2344  Fax (405) 656-2892   Cherokee Nation Chad Smith, Principal Chief P.O. Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74464 (918) 456-0671  Fax (918) 458-5580   Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes James Pedro, Chairman P.O. Box 38 Concho, OK 73022 (405) 262-0345  Fax (405) 422-1184   Chickasaw Nation Bill Anoatubby, Governor P.O. Box 1548 Ada, OK 74820 (580) 436-2603  Fax (580) 436-4287   Choctaw Nation Greg Pyle, Principal Chief P.O. Drawer 1210 Durant, OK 74701 (580) 924-8280  Fax (580) 924-1150   Citizen Potawatomi Nation John A. Barrett, Chairman 1601 S. Gordon Cooper Dr. Shawnee, OK 74801 (405) 275-3121  Fax (405) 275-0198   Comanche Nation Johnny Wauqua, Chairman P.O. Box 908 Lawton, OK 73502 (580) 492-3751  Fax (580) 492-3796   Delaware Tribe of Indians Dee Ketchum, Chief 220 NW Virginia Ave. Bartlesville, OK 74003 (918) 336-5272  Fax (918) 336-5513   Delaware Nation Lawrence F. Snake, President P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005 (405) 247-2448  Fax (405) 247-9393   Eastern Shawnee Tribe Charles Enyart, Chief P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865 (918) 666-2435  Fax (918) 666-2186	Ft. Sill Apache Tribe Ruey H. Darrow, Chairperson Route 2, Box 121 Apache, OK 73006 (580) 588-2298  Fax (580) 588-3133   Iowa Tribe  Lawrence Murray, Chairman R. R. 1, Box 721 Perkins, OK 74059 (405) 547-2402  Fax (405) 547-5294   Kaw Nation  Wanda Stone, Chairperson P.O. Box 50 Kaw City, OK 74641 (580) 269-2552  Fax (580) 269-2301   Kialegee Tribal Town Mary Givens, Mekko P.O. Box 332 Wetumka, OK 74883 (405) 452-3262  Fax (405) 452-3413   Kickapoo Tribe Danny Kaskaske, Chairman P.O. Box 70 McLoud, OK 74851 (405) 964-2075  Fax (405) 964-2745   Kiowa Tribe Billy Evans Horse, Chairman P.O. Box 369 Carnegie, OK 73015 (580) 654-2300  Fax (580) 654-2188   Miami Nation Floyd E. Leonard, Chief P.O. Box 1326 Miami, OK 74355 (918) 542-1190, 540-2890 Fax (918) 542-7260   Modoc Tribe Bill Follis, Chief 515 "G" S.E. Miami, OK 74354 (918) 542-1190  Fax (918) 542-5415   Muscogee (Creek) Nation R. Perry Beaver, Principal Chief P.O. Box 580 Okmulgee, OK 74447 (918) 756-8700  Fax (918) 758-1434   Osage Nation Charles Tillman, Principal Chief 627 Grandview Pawhuska, OK 74056 (918) 287-1128  Fax (918) 287-1259   Otoe-Missouria Tribe James Grant, Chairman 8151 Highway 177 Red Rock, OK 74651 (580) 723-4466  Fax (580) 723-4557   Ottawa Tribe Charles Dawes, Chief P.O. Box 110 Miami, OK 74355 (918) 540-1536  Fax (918) 542-3214	Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma Robert Chapman, President P.O. Box 470 Pawnee, OK 74058 (918) 726-3621  Fax (918) 762-6446   Peoria Tribe John P. Froman, Chief P.O. Box 1527 Miami, OK 74355 (918) 540-2535  Fax (918) 540-2538   Ponca Nation Bennett Arkeketa, Chairman 20 White Eagle Drive Ponca City, OK 74601 (580) 762-8104  Fax (580) 762-2743   Quapaw Tribe Tamara Martin, Chairperson P.O. Box 765 Quapaw, Ok 74363 (918) 542-1853  Fax (918) 542-4694   Sac & Fox Nation Don Abney, Principal Chief Route 2, Box 246 Stroud, OK 74079 (918) 968-1141  Fax (918) 968-1142   Seminole Nation Jerry Haney, Principal Chief P.O. Box 1498 Wewoka, Ok 74884 (405) 257-6287  Fax (405) 257-6205   Seneca-Cayuga Tribes Jerry Dilliner, Chief P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355 (918) 542-6609  Fax (918) 542-3684   Shawnee Tribe James Squirrel, Chairman P.O. Box 189 Miami, OK 74355 (918) 540-1612  Fax (918) 540-1612   Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Grace Bunner, Mekko P.O. Box 188 Okemah, Ok 74859 (918) 623-2620  Fax - Exec. Ofc. (918) 623-1810           Complex   (918) 623-0419   Tonkawa Tribe Don Patterson, President P.O. Box 70 Tonkawa, OK 74653 (580) 628-2561  Fax (580) 628-3375   United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees Jim Henson, Chief P.O. Box 746 Tahlequah, OK 74465 (918) 456-5491  Fax (918) 456-9601   Wichita Tribe Gary McAdams, President P.O. Box 729 Anadarko, Ok 73005 (405) 247-2425  Fax (405) 247-2430   Wyandotte Tribe Leaford Bearskin, Chief P.O. Box 250 Wyandotte, Ok 74370 (918) 678-2297  Fax (918) 678-2944   Yuchi (Euchee) Tribe* Andrew Skeeter, Chairman P.O. Box 10 Sapulpa, OK 74067 (918) 224-3065  Fax (918) 224-3140 *Historical Tribe