Otoe tribe
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The Otoe (Chiwere: Jiwére) are a Native American people of the Midwestern United States. The Otoe language, Chiwere, is part of the Siouan family and closely related to that of the related Iowa, Missouria, and Ho-Chunk tribes.
Key facts
- Ethnonym.people
- Jiwére
- Ethnonym.language
- Jiwére ich'é,Hand Talk
- Ethnonym.country
- Jiwére Máyaⁿ
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- European contact
- Move to Indian Territory
- Notable Otoe
- See also
- References
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The Otoe (Chiwere: Jiwére) are a Native American people of the Midwestern United States. The Otoe language, Chiwere, is part of the Siouan family and closely related to that of the related Iowa, Missouria, and Ho-Chunk tribes.
Historically, the Otoe tribe lived as a semi-nomadic people on the Central Plains along the bank of the Missouri River in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri. They lived in elm-bark lodges while they farmed, and used tipis while traveling, like many other Plains tribes. They often left their villages to hunt buffalo.
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