**** NOTICE: All Tribal Members ****
LAW AND ORDER CODE REVISION
Discussion on August 5, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.
During Tribal Council Meeting
* NOTICE: All Tribal Members*
The Ponca Tribal Council will be reviewing proposed additions to the Law and Order Code. The addition is being considered because the Tribal Council wants to expand the sovereignty of the Tribe by adding a Probate Title to the Code.
The changes being proposed is adding Title 23, Probate and Trusts. The revisions being
considered include, but are not limited to the following:
- Adding a chapter on Summary Probate
- Adding a chapter on Informal Probate
- Adding a chapter on Formal Proceedings
- Adding a chapter on Wills
- Adding a chapter on Change of Names
A complete copy of the proposed addition is available at the tribal offices, or one may be obtained by contacting Jan Colwell, Executive Assistant to Tribal Council at 402-857-3391 Ext. 5016 or janc@poncatribe-ne.gov.
There will be a discussion by Tribal Council that is open for public comment on August 5, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as it may be heard.
Written comments will be accepted until August 1, 2025. The written comments may be emailed to janc@poncatribe-ne.gov or mailed to
Jan Colwell,
P.O. Box 288
Niobrara, NE 68760