Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District

The Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District, with the Ponca Agency Building, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Caretaker's cottage, at left, with main building behind
Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District
Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community building
Location88915 521 Avenue;[1] approximately 3 miles southeast of Niobrara, Nebraska
Coordinates42°42′51″N 98°5′12″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1936
NRHP reference No.03000106[2]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 2003

The 5-acre (2.0 ha) historic district includes two contributing buildings: the Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community building and a caretaker's cottage, both built in 1936. It also includes five contributing structures and one contributing site.

The building construction was funded by the Indian Emergency Conservation Work (IECW) program, sometimes termed the "Indian CCC", less well known than the related Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) program. The IECW was a program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.[3]

Pow Wow circle

A Pow Wow circle is in the district.

References
  1. "Culture Department". Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Stacy Stupka-Burda (November 24, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District / Ponca Agency Building / NeHBS # KXOO-171". National Park Service. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
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