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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.
Various ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska have lived in the city since its organization by Anglo-Americans in 1854. Native Americans of various nations lived in the Omaha territory for centuries before European arrival, and some stayed in the area. The city was founded by white Anglo-Saxon Protestants from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Omaha Reservation. / 42.09250°N 96.53583°W / 42.09250; -96.53583. The Omaha Reservation ( Omaha–Ponca: Umoⁿhoⁿ tóⁿde ukʰéthiⁿ) of the federally recognized Omaha tribe is located mostly in Thurston County, Nebraska, with sections in neighboring Cuming and Burt counties, in addition to Monona County in Iowa. As of the 2020 ...
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( Ho-Chunk: Nįįšoc Hoocąk) [4] is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk, along with the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Tribe members often refer to themselves as Hochungra – "People of the Parent Speech" in their own language, a member of the Siouan family.
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska ( Omaha-Ponca: Umoⁿhoⁿ) [1] are a federally recognized Midwestern Native American tribe who reside on the Omaha Reservation in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, United States. There were 5,427 enrolled members as of 2012. [2] The Omaha Reservation lies primarily in the southern part of Thurston County and ...
Renée Sans Souci was born in Lincoln, NE in 1962 to two members of the American Indian Movement. [3] Her Omaha ( UMÓⁿHOⁿ) name is Sacred Horsewomen. Sans Souci and her family lived in Montana for nearly a year. In 1970, the Sans Souci family moved back to Lincoln. In 1980, Renée and her family moved north to Macy, NE, located on the ...
Boys Town was founded on December 12, 1917, [1] as an orphanage for boys. Originally known as "The City of Little Men", the organization was begun by Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest, while he worked in the Diocese of Omaha. Using a loan of $90, he first rented a home at 25th and Dodge streets, in Omaha, to care for five boys, the ...
The Ponca people [a] are a nation primarily located in the Great Plains of North America that share a common Ponca culture, history, and language, identified with two Indigenous nations: the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma or the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska . This nation comprised the modern-day Ponca, Omaha, Kaw, Osage, and Quapaw peoples until ...