Thursday, July 21, 2011

OTO AND MISSOURI TRIBES IN NEBRASKA

THE OTTO TRIBE GAVE NEBRASKA IT'S STATE NAME - MEANS "FLAT WATER" LIKE MIGRANTS BEFORE . LIKE MIGRANTS BEFORE THE OTTO IMMIGRATED TO CENTRAL PLAINS FROM THE EAST AHEAD OF THE EUROPEANS.

THE EUROPEANS HERE DATE FROM THE 1600'S. THE OTTO WERE IN CENTRAL IOWA. THEY MOVED TO THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER ESTABLISHED VILLAGES NEAR ASHLAND. THEIR REASON FOR MIGRATION IS UNCLEAR.

THE SIOUAN PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA PEOPLE IN OF THE 1700'S WERE OMAHA AND POMOCA AND OTO WERE IN THE TETON DAKOTA WERE NOMADIC. THE OTO LIVED IN PERMANENT VILLAGES AND HAD SEMI ANNUAL HUNTS TO THESE VILLAGES.

NEBRASKA STUDIES.ORG

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