Omaha

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Omaha are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains, historically known for their semi-nomadic buffalo hunting, earth-lodge villages, and residence in what is now Nebraska.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Great Plains
Native American tribe
agriculturalProduct beans
corn
squash
clanSystem patrilineal
continent North America
culturalArea Plains Indians
culturalPractice pipe ceremonies
vision quests
warrior societies
culturalRegion Great Plains
currentReservation Omaha Reservation
enrolledMembersIn21stCentury several thousand
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: "United States"
federallyRecognized true
governingBody Omaha tribe
surface form: "Omaha Tribal Council"
hasAutonym Umoⁿhoⁿ
historicalMigration from the Ohio River Valley to the Great Plains
historicalTerritory Iowa
Nebraska NERFINISHED
language Omaha–Ponca language
surface form: "Omaha-Ponca language"
languageFamily Siouan languages
nameMeaning “those going against the current”
notableCeremony Hethuska
populationRegion Nebraska NERFINISHED
primaryLocation Nebraska NERFINISHED
recognizedBy United States federal government NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Kansa
Osage Nation
surface form: "Osage"

Ponca
Quapaw
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
reservationLocation Thurston County, Nebraska
socialOrganization clan-based
timeOfMajorMigration 17th century
traditionalDwelling earth lodge
tipi
traditionalEconomy horticulture
semi-nomadic buffalo hunting
traditionalSubsistence bison hunting
maize agriculture
treaty Treaty of 1854
Treaty of 1854
surface form: "Treaty of 1865"

Treaty of 1854
surface form: "Treaty of 1869"
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (6)

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

Omaha Beach codeName Omaha
Kaw relatedEthnicGroup Omaha
subject surface form: "Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1830)"
Brunswick twinCity Omaha

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