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

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Statements (48)

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

elaborate war and hunting societies
culturalRegion Plains Indians
currentReservation Omaha Reservation
demographicCenter Omaha Reservation communities
economicActivity agriculture
ranching
tribal enterprises
ethnicGroupOf United States
governingBody Omaha Tribal Council
linked to: Omaha tribe
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 valley
notableCeremony Omaha Sacred Pole ceremony
linked to: Sun Dance
notableCulturalElement Omaha Sacred Pole
populationEstimate several thousand in 21st century
primaryState Nebraska
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe
relatedEthnicGroup Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people

Osage people
linked to: Osage Nation

Ponca people
linked to: Ponca

Quapaw people
linked to: Quapaw tribe
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
eastern Nebraska
western Iowa
treatyWith United States government

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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 tribal authorities
linked to: Omaha people
Treaty of 1854 signatory Omaha people
Treaty of 1854 ethnicGroupAffected Omaha people
Oto people relatedEthnicGroup Omaha people
Dhegihan languages ethnicGroup Omaha people