Indigenous Peoples of Nebraska

The name Nebraska coms from an Oto Indian word meaning "flat water".

To see a list of records the Family History Library has about Indians in Nebraska, click here.

Tribes and Bands of Nebraska
The following list of tribes is compiled from:

Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ehtnology, Bulletin # 30 1907.

Swanton, John W. The Indian tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ehtnology, Bulletin #45.

Arapaho, Arikara, Cheyenne, Comanche, Dakota, Flaudreau, Sioux, Fox, Iowa, Kansa or Kaw, Kansas, Kiowa, Oneida, Missouri, Omaha, Oto, Pawnee, Ponce, Santee-Sioux, Saulk, Sioux, Stockbridge-Munsee, tonkawa, Winnebago

Reservations
Omaha Reservation

Ponca Reservation

Saulk and Fox Reservation

Santee Sioux Reservation

Winnebago Reservation

Agencies
Pawnee Agency

Ponca Agency

Red Cloud Agency 1873-77

Rosebud Agency 1878

Santee Agency

Santee Sioux Agency

Spotted Trail Agency 1874

Winnebago Agency

Yanton Agency

See Also:

Nebraska-History for calendar or events

Nebraska-Military for a list of forts