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Native American tribes in the U.S. state of Nebraska have been Plains Indians, descendants of succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples who have occupied the area for thousands of years. More than 15 historic tribes have been identified as having lived in, hunted in, or otherwise occupied territory within the current state boundaries.
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Omaha Tribe of Nebraska (1 C, 12 P) ... Pages in category "Native American history of Nebraska" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Thomas Cry (Moni Chaki), Ponca, Nebraska, 1898. At first European contact, the Ponca lived around the mouth of the Niobrara River in northern Nebraska. [4] According to tradition, they moved there from an area east of the Mississippi just before Columbus' arrival in the Americas.
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The Omaha tribe began as a larger Eastern Woodlands tribe comprising both the Omaha, Ponca and Quapaw tribes. This tribe coalesced and inhabited the area near the Ohio and Wabash rivers around year 1600. [6] As the tribe migrated west, it split into what became the Omaha and the Quapaw tribes.
Omaha, Nebraska pulls its name from the Omaha people, now the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, whose name translates to “upstream people” or "people who go against the current." The Omaha people lived ...
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of the Ponca people. The other is the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma . As of 2023 [update] , the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s total population is 5,334 citizens, [ 1 ] of which 1,923 reside in Nebraska.