Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

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Various Spellings: Omaha, Omahaw

Tribal Headquarters
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska P.O. Box 368 Macy, NE 68039 Phone: 1.402.837.5391 Fax: 1.402.837.5308


 * Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Official Website

Brief Timeline
1824-37: the tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Upper Missouri Agency

1837-56: The Council Bluff's Agency supervised the tribe

1856-76: Omaha Agency supervised the tribe

1876-80: Nebraska Agencies supervised the tribe

The tribe was under the jurisdictiton of the St. Louis, Central, and Northern Superintendencies.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Omaha tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North Americaand in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

Treaties

 * 1830 July 15, with Sauk and Foxes Etc., annuity, cession, reservation
 * 1836 October 15, with the Oto, Etc., cession
 * 1854 March 16, cession, removal, annuities, reserve
 * 1865 March 6, cession, reservation, land divided in severalty

Vital Records

 * Winnebago Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1931, FHL Film: 583126, births and deaths 1925-1932, FHL Film: 583127

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
 * Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Official Website
 * Omaha Tribe Wikipedia