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In 1918, Louis MacDonald and Frank Eagle, both educated Ponca, co-founded the Native American Church. [2] [23] After many Ponca served in World War I, returning Ponca veterans founded the American Legion chapter Buffalo Post 38. In their community they revived traditional war dances, such as the heluska dance. [2] [24]
Donald De Lue was the chief assistant to British sculptor Bryant Baker who created the iconic Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City, Oklahoma. After the commission for the seventeen-foot sculpture was awarded to Baker by E.W. Marland De Lue set to work in 1928 and 1929 modeling it in Baker’s Brooklyn studio.
The bronze statue stands over 9 ft (2.7 m) high, on a low black granite pedestal. The subject is portrayed in traditional Native American clothing, with an eagle feather in his hair, a necklace of bear claws and two large Indian Peace Medals, and a pipe tomahawk in his left hand.
In Lincoln, Nebraska, there is a city park located in the southwest area of town named "Standing Bear Grounds". The 63 acres (25 ha) Standing Bear Park [19] in Ponca City, Oklahoma was named in his honor. It is the site of the Standing Bear Museum and Education Center, as well as a 22 feet (6.7 m) high bronze statue of the chief.
Map of Tribal Jurisdictional Areas in Oklahoma. This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [1] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California.
Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, 1932–1996), Flatstyle painter and Native American flautist Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo / Navajo painter and sculptor Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor
Ponca City, Oklahoma; W. White Eagle, Oklahoma This page was last edited on 10 January 2024, at 01:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
In 1918, three Ponca men, Frank Eagle, Louis McDonald, and McKinley Eagle, helped co-found the Native American Church. [15] [16]: 224–226 As of 2024, the Native American Church is the most widespread Indigenous religion among Native Americans in the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico, having an estimated 300,000 adherents.