In 2018 farmers Helen and Art Tanderup gifted and deeded 1.6 acres of their land near Neligh , Nebraska , which had been in their family for 137 years , back to the tribe in the first ceremony of its kind ; the Fifth Annual planting of sacred Ponca corn also took place . The land lies in the path of the historic Trail of Tears as well as the Keystone XL Pipeline
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska