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 and Agencies =

Reservations
Reservations with names in bold are currrent reservations.

Omaha Reservation (Federal, under jurisdiction of Winnebago Agency, Tribe: Omaha)

Ponca Reservation

Sac and Fox Reservation

Santee Sioux Reservation (Federal, under jurisdiction of Winnebago Agency, Tribe: Santee Sioux)

Winnebago Reservation (Federal, under jurisdiction of Winnebago Agency, Tribe: Winnebago)

Agencies
Pawnee Agency

Ponca Agency

Red Cloud Agency 1873-77

Rosebud Agency 1878

Santee Agency

Santee Sioux Agency

Spotted Trail Agency 1874

Winnebago Agency, Winnebago, NE 68071

Yankton Agency

See Also:
Nebraska History for calendar of events

Nebraska Military for a list of forts