THE OTO TRIBE GAVE NEBRASKA IT'S STATE NAME. IT MEANS FLAT WATER. LIKE MIGRANTS BEFORE THE OTO IMMIGRATED TO CENTRAL PLAINS FROM THE EAST AHEAD OF THE EUROPEANS.
THE EUROPEANS DATE THEM FROM 1600'S. THE OTTO WERE IN CENTRAL IOWA. THEY MOVED TO THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER AND ESTABLISHED VILLAGES NEAR ASHLAND. THEIR REASON FOR MIGRATION IS UNCLEAR.
THE SIOUAN PEOPLE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1`700'S WERE OMAHA. POMOCA, AND OTTO. WHO LIVED ON THE PLATTE RIVER. THEY WERE IN WESTERN SIOUX AREAS LIKE THE LAKOTA AND TETON DAKOTA. THEY WERE NOMADIC. THE OTO LIVED IN PERMANENT VILLAGES AND HAD SEMI ANNUAL HUNTS.
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