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May 17-18, 2025
Old Ponca Agency Grounds, Nebraska
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About the Gathering
In this time of climate chaos, human rights crisis, and environmental injustice it is more
important than ever that we gather in ceremony, strategy, and action. The Fourth Convening of the Four Winds, to be held at the Old Ponca Agency Grounds in Niobrara Nebraska, embodies this spirit.
Co-hosted by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, The Ponca PaThaTa, and Movement
Rights, we invite you to join this two-day gathering of relatives, allies, activists, wisdom keepers, and change makers as we organize around Rights of Nature, Rights of Rivers, Tribal Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice.
We will participate in the planting of the Sacred Ponca Corn, we will share Water and physical and spiritual nourishment. We will attend panels, workshops, and breakout sessions designed to shift the Western colonial thought processes around “Land Ownership” and “Natural Resources” towards the inherent Indigenous Peoples’ cosmology and relationship with the Earth. We will leave this gathering as a more powerful force of grassroots Pro-activists and allies of Mother Earth.
For more information please contact our Plains Organizer [email protected].
Additional Information
Below you will find some information about meals, lodging, and other important information. Please read carefully. You can access this information any time on movementrights.org/4winds. If you have any additional questions please reach out to [email protected]
LODGING: There are limited lodging scholarships available for those with special assistance needs (please apply through the registration form).
For everyone else booking their own lodging we recommend the following options that are clean and safe, and closest to the Old Ponca Agency Grounds near Niobrara, NE:
- Ohiya Casino & Resort Niobrara, NE. Ohiya is 13 miles away from the Old Pona Grounds. Phone: 402.857.3860
- Hilltop Lodge Motel Niobrara, NE. Hilltop is under 5 miles from the Old Ponca Grounds. Phone: 402.857.3611
- Niobrara Trading Post & Lodge Niobrara, NE is under 5 miles from the Old Ponca Grounds. There are cabins available. Phone: 402.841.1616
- Holiday Inn Yankton, SD, Holiday Inn is 48 miles away from the Old Ponca Grounds.
CAMPING: Camping is free and encouraged! There is a designated area for those planning to camp onsite. There are facility bathrooms and seven showers available as well as electric hook ups, fire rings and grills. There are no water hook up stations for RVs. Campers must come prepared with their own tents, bedding and chairs/cushion seats. Meals, water and snacks are provided to registered campers starting Friday May 16th. This is a drug free & alcohol free space.
MEALS: Movement Rights is pleased to provide all meals (3 meals Saturday, 2 on Sunday) onsite at the Old Ponca Grounds during the event for registered participants. While we are unable to cater to every diet, vegetarian and vegan options will be available as well as water/beverage options (please bring your own drinking containers). We are proud to provide food prepared by excellent cooks throughout the weekend (we will have a collection jar to thank the cooks for nourishing us and encourage all to contribute a small token of gratitude).
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO By attending this event, you consent to being photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded. Your presence at the event constitutes your consent to such recording(s) and to any use, in any and all media, of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in connection with the production, distribution, and advertising of this event. Thank you for your cooperation!
TRANSPORTATION: GETTING TO AND FROM THE CONVENING The Old Ponca Grounds is located at 88915 521 Avenue, Niobrara, NE 68760 US
It is a beautiful, historic but remote location. Parking is free and available for registered participants on site. Shopping and restaurants are several miles away so we recommend coming to the venue prepared to stay the day.
Register Below! Scholarships Available.
Scholarships are reserved for Indigenous Front-line Communities.
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