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HISTORICAL SKETCH
of the
OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS IN NEBRASKA

Alice C. Fletcher in 1885 prepared a short history of the Omaha tribe of Indians and their life in Nebraska, as follows: [[superscript]] 1 [[/superscript]] 

The Omaha tribe of Indians live in the state of Nebraska, about 80 miles north of the city of Omaha, on a reservation 12 miles in length north and south and bounded on the east by the Missouri River and the west by the Sioux City and Omaha Railroad. Omaha traditions point to an earlier home in the Ohio valley, whence  they were driven by wars.

The Omaha belong to the same linguistic family as the Poncas, Osages, Kansas, Otoes, Dakotas, Mandans, Winnebagos, and many other tribes.

The Omaha, so far as is known, formerly dwelt in villages composed of dwellings made of sod and timber. From 50 to 100 of these structures would be grouped together in the village.

Corn, beans, pumpkins and melons were raised in large quantities. The corn and beans were dried and stored in caches outside the lodges, and the pumpkins were cut as an apple is peeled and hung in festoons to dry and then kept for winter use. All work and property was individual, nothing was raised in common.
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1. Alice C. Fletcher -- Historical Sketch of the Omaha Tribe of Indiana in Nebraska, Judd & Detweiler, Washington, D. C. 1885.