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Tribal territory of several tribes in Nebraska This section from the Lewis and Clark map of 1804 shows period Indian villages in southwest Iowa, southeast Nebraska, and northwest Missouri. The Otoe, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas tribes are specifically identified. Several language groups were represented by the American Indians in present-day Nebraska.
By 1908 after allotment of plots to individual households of the tribes under the Dawes Act, 1,130.7 acres (4.576 km 2) were reserved for an agency, school and mission for a distinct Santee Sioux Reservation; the neighboring Ponca Reservation had only 160 acres (0.65 km 2) reserved for agency and school buildings.
Located in part of the Indian Territory, which was later in the Nebraska Territory and then the state of Nebraska, [1] the tract's eastern border was the Missouri River. The reservation extended west for 10 miles (16 km). The north/south borders were between the Little Nemaha River to the north and the Great Nemaha River, near Falls City to the ...
Developing "The Big Village" (Ton-wa-tonga) about 1775 in current-day Dakota County in northeast Nebraska, the Omaha developed an extensive trading network with early European explorers and French Canadian voyageurs. They controlled the fur trade and access to other tribes on the Upper Missouri River.
In the early 18th century, the Panishmaha lived west of the Missouri River in present-day Nebraska. A 1718 French map locates les Panimaha in the vicinity of the Riv. des Panis ( Platte River ) with other Pawnee villages ( les Panis ), perhaps on the Loup River , [ 3 ] a historic territory of the Skidi.
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska (4 P) W. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Nebraska"
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
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