Oto people

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The Oto people are a Native American tribe originally from the Great Plains region, historically known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, earth-lodge villages, and close cultural ties to other Siouan-speaking groups.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oto people canonical 3
Oto tribe 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
Siouan-speaking people
alternativeName Oto tribe
linked to: Oto people

Otoe people
clanSystem present
colonialContactWith American explorers
French explorers
Spanish explorers
continent North America
culturalArea Plains Indians
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians
currentPrimaryLocation Oklahoma
endonym Otoe
ethnicGroupOf United States
ethnolinguisticGroup Chiwere-speaking peoples
federallyRecognizedIn United States
governedBy Otoe-Missouria Tribal Council
historicalEconomy fur trade participation
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European contact
historicalTerritory Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
language Otoe language
Otoe-Missouria language
languageFamily Siouan languages
lifestyle semi-nomadic
notableExpeditionEncounter Lewis and Clark Expedition
originalRegion Great Plains
relatedEthnicGroup Ho-Chunk people
linked to: Ho-Chunk

Iowa people
Missouria people
linked to: Missouria

Omaha people
Ponca people
linked to: Ponca
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
reservationLocation Noble County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
sharedCultureWith other Siouan-speaking tribes
traditionalDwelling earth lodge
tipi
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence beans cultivation
bison hunting
maize agriculture
squash cultivation
treatyHistoryWith United States government

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Referenced by (5)

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

Winnebago relatedEthnicGroup Oto people
Oto hasAlternativeName Oto tribe
linked to: Oto people
Oto people alternativeName Oto tribe
linked to: Oto people