Omaha tribe
Siouan-speaking Nebraskans historically
The Omaha are a Native American people indigenous to the Great Plains, historically occupying lands along the Missouri River in present-day Nebraska and Iowa.
The name means "those going against the wind" or "upstream people" in their Siouan language.
The Omaha Reservation remains in northeastern Nebraska.
The Omaha tribe ceded much of their territory in 19th-century treaties.
- migration routesPaths animals travel seasonally
- clan systemAncestry-based social organization
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- drum circlesCommunal percussive gatherings
- sacred songsDevotional musical compositions
Missouri River · warrior societies · oral history · buffalo hunting · corn planting · chiefdoms · fur trade · Indian Removal Act · regalia · beadwork · reservation life · kinship ties · council meetings · ancestral homelands · treaty lands · prairie lands · ceremonial roles · storytelling
- Plains IndiansSioux, Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Blackfoot
- Missouri RiverMissouri River, Bismarck, Pierre, Kansas City, St. Louis