<Ul> <Li> The Kaw speak one of the Siouan languages and were originally from the Kansas area (with Kansas being derived from the name of the tribe .) The Kaw are closely related to the Osage Nation and Ponca tribes (who first settled in Nebraska), being from the same tribe before migrating from the Ohio valley in the mid-17th century . On June 4, 1873, the Kaw removed themselves from Kansas to an area that would become Kay County, Oklahoma, tribal headquarters is in Kaw City, Oklahoma . </Li> <Li> The Ponca speak one of the Siouan languages and are closely related to the Osage Nation and Kaw tribes . The Ponca tribe were never at war with the US and signed the first peace treaty in 1817 . In 1858 the Ponca signed a treaty, ceding part of their land to the United States in return for annuities, payment of $1.25 per acre from settlers, protection from hostile tribes and a permanent reservation home on the Niobrara River at the confluence with the Missouri River . In the 1868 US - Sioux Treaty of Fort Laramie the US mistakenly included Ponca lands in present - day Nebraska in the Great Sioux Reservation of present - day South Dakota . Conflict between the Ponca and the Sioux / Lakota, who now claimed the land as their own by US law, forced the US to remove the Ponca from their own ancestral lands to Indian Territory in 1877, parts of the current Kay and Noble counties in Oklahoma . The land proved to be less than desirable for agriculture and many of the tribe moved back to Nebraska . In 1881, the US returned 26,236 acres (106.17 km) of Knox County, Nebraska, to the Ponca, and about half the tribe moved back north from Indian Territory . Today, the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma have their headquarters in Ponca City, Oklahoma . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Kaw speak one of the Siouan languages and were originally from the Kansas area (with Kansas being derived from the name of the tribe .) The Kaw are closely related to the Osage Nation and Ponca tribes (who first settled in Nebraska), being from the same tribe before migrating from the Ohio valley in the mid-17th century . On June 4, 1873, the Kaw removed themselves from Kansas to an area that would become Kay County, Oklahoma, tribal headquarters is in Kaw City, Oklahoma . </Li> <Li> The Ponca speak one of the Siouan languages and are closely related to the Osage Nation and Kaw tribes . The Ponca tribe were never at war with the US and signed the first peace treaty in 1817 . In 1858 the Ponca signed a treaty, ceding part of their land to the United States in return for annuities, payment of $1.25 per acre from settlers, protection from hostile tribes and a permanent reservation home on the Niobrara River at the confluence with the Missouri River . In the 1868 US - Sioux Treaty of Fort Laramie the US mistakenly included Ponca lands in present - day Nebraska in the Great Sioux Reservation of present - day South Dakota . Conflict between the Ponca and the Sioux / Lakota, who now claimed the land as their own by US law, forced the US to remove the Ponca from their own ancestral lands to Indian Territory in 1877, parts of the current Kay and Noble counties in Oklahoma . The land proved to be less than desirable for agriculture and many of the tribe moved back to Nebraska . In 1881, the US returned 26,236 acres (106.17 km) of Knox County, Nebraska, to the Ponca, and about half the tribe moved back north from Indian Territory . Today, the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma have their headquarters in Ponca City, Oklahoma . </Li> <Ul> <Li> The Otoe - Missouria Tribe of Indians, speak one of the Siouan languages and part of a group commonly known as the Ho - Chunk (or Winnebago) moved to Oklahoma Territory, the tribe is made up of Otoe and Missouria Indians, is located in part of Noble County, Oklahoma with tribal offices in Red Rock, Oklahoma . Both tribes originated in the Great Lakes region by the 16th century had settled near the Missouri and Grand Rivers in Missouri . </Li> </Ul>

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