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Otoe Indian speaks about dying language Dwindling number of 'full-blooded' tribe members makes it difficult to preserve culture News Jul 24, 2005 - 12:00am ...
The culture, history and contributions of the Osage, Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, Shawnee, Wyandot and other Native American tribes can be found across the Kansas City region.
The state of Missouri is celebrating its 200th birthday. But few people today know about the Missouria, the Native American tribe behind the state’s name.
The Cornhusker State’s name is based on an Otoe Indian word “Nebrathka,” meaning “flat water,” which refers to the Platte River, a symbol of Nebraska.
About half of America’s states owe their names to Native American origin: Here's how each state got its name ...
Sept. 21 marked the anniversary of when the Otoe-Missouria tribe was forced out of their lands, which would later become the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, and moved to a reservation in Oklahoma. Now ...
When Lorena Kihega DeRoin was born near the Otoe-Missouria Indian Agency in Noble County, Oklahoma in 1915, her parents could never have imagined the changes their tiny daughter would live to see ...
OTOE COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - A man is dead after the Otoe County Sheriff’s office said he was hit by a semi Saturday afternoon on Highway 2 near the County Road 42 intersection just west of Dunbar.
Mayor Leiron Gaylor Baird proclaimed it Otoe-Missouria Day as part of reconciliatory gesture.
How did Iowa get its name? As previously mentioned, the Hawkeye State was named after the Ioway tribe, whose territory extended from northern Iowa to southern Missouri. While typically referred to ...
The Otoe County Sheriff’s Office says 911 services are currently unavailable in the county.
INDIAN LANDS TO BE SOLD.; A BILL PASSED FOR THE SALE OF THE OTOE AND MISSOURIAN RESERVATION. Dec. 10, 1880 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from December 10 ...