LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has signed an agreement in Lincoln to assume ownership of a segment of the Homestead Trail in southeast Nebraska.
Tribal leaders signed an agreement during a ceremony Sunday to accept 19 ½ miles of trail stretching from Beatrice to the Kansas border in southeastern portion of Nebraska. The agreement is with the Nebraska Trails Foundation and the Homestead Conservation and Trail Association.
Part of the trail segment traces the route used by the tribe and Chief Standing Bear when the tribe was forced to relocate from the state to Oklahoma in 1877.
The Homestead Conservation, which supports a network of trails in Gage County, will maintain the trail segment with $150,000 from the foundation.