Omaha people

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The Omaha people are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains, historically centered along the Missouri River and known for their rich cultural traditions and role in the region that now includes the city of Omaha, Nebraska.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Omaha people canonical 24
Omaha tribal authorities 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
cededLandFor establishment of city of Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Sun Dance ⓘ
surface form: Sun Dance (historically)

elaborate war and hunting societies ⓘ
culturalRegion Plains Indians ⓘ
currentReservation Omaha Reservation ⓘ
demographicCenter Omaha Reservation communities ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
tribal enterprises ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governingBody Omaha tribe ⓘ
surface form: Omaha Tribal Council
historicallyAssociatedWith Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
historicallyCenteredIn Missouri River region ⓘ
historicalMigration from Ohio River valley to Great Plains ⓘ
influencedToponym name of Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
language Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
nativeTo Great Plains ⓘ
Missouri River floodplain ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River valley
notableCeremony Sun Dance ⓘ
surface form: Omaha Sacred Pole ceremony
notableCulturalElement Omaha Sacred Pole ⓘ
populationEstimate several thousand in 21st century ⓘ
primaryState Nebraska ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kaw people ⓘ
surface form: Kansa people

Osage Nation ⓘ
surface form: Osage people

Ponca ⓘ
surface form: Ponca people

Quapaw tribe ⓘ
surface form: Quapaw people
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
reservationState Iowa ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
signedMajorTreaty Treaty of 1854 ⓘ
socialOrganization clan system ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
traditionalHousing earth lodges ⓘ
tipis ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence beans cultivation ⓘ
bison hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River basin

eastern Nebraska ⓘ
western Iowa ⓘ
treatyWith United States government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Omaha, Nebraska → namedAfter → Omaha people ⓘ
Osage Nation → relatedEthnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ
Winnebago → relatedEthnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ
Ponca → relatedTo → Omaha people ⓘ
Kaw people → relatedEthnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ
Oneota culture → possibleDescendants → Omaha people ⓘ
Omaha–Ponca language → spokenBy → Omaha people ⓘ
Omaha Reservation → ethnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ
Omaha Reservation → namedAfter → Omaha people ⓘ
Omaha Reservation → isHomelandOf → Omaha people ⓘ
Omaha Sacred Pole → ethnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ
Omaha Sacred Pole → protectedBy → Omaha people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omaha tribal authorities
Treaty of 1854 → signatory → Omaha people ⓘ
Treaty of 1854 → ethnicGroupAffected → Omaha people ⓘ
Oto people → relatedEthnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ
Dhegihan languages → ethnicGroup → Omaha people ⓘ