The only language Curtis Lieb knew was Ponca until he was 6 years old and started attending Pawnee Indian School in Pawnee. Now, the first language he spoke is considered endangered, so he and a few ...

Dan Jones, tribal chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Okla-homa, left, and Larry Wright Jr., the tribal chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska exchange gifts Wednesday in a ceremony at Haskell Indian ...

Ponca tribal member Steve Laravie (top right), who is working to revive the tribe's culture and language with Ponca children, teaches Native songs on the drum Wednesday, March 6, 2013, during a weekly ...

Now, the first language he spoke is considered endangered, so he and a few of his family members are trying to breathe new life into it. Lieb's grandniece, Sharvon Vick, started the class, Ponca ...