Otoes The otoe are an Indian tribe, who speak Chiwere, one of the Sioux language. Its name came from wat-ota o lustful uahtaktato. Other tribes are Chiwere branch missouri and iowa, also called niutachi. Location Formerly, otoe lived in Nebraska with missouri, where they migrated from the shores of the Great Lakes. The missouri lived along the Missouri River at the confluence with the Mississippi River. Today living in Noble County (Oklahoma), Otoe-Missouria the Federal Trust. Demographics In 1900, 370 individuals were otoe, increased to 1,400 in 1980 and 1,500 in 1990, along with the missouri. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA) 1995, Otoe-Missouria in Oklahoma Book 813 living individuals (1,462 in the tribal roll). According to the 2000 census of the United States, there were 1,470 cigars, 336 mixed with other tribes, mixed with other races 505 and 133 with other races and other tribes. In total, 2444 individuals. customs Like the rest of the Chiwere Siouan tribes belonged to the culture of the plains, characterized by living in tepees and hunting buffalo. History Probably until the fifteenth century lived in the Great Lakes, with the Winnebago, but they separated and went to Nebraska, settling near the Grand River. In 1673 they were visited by Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, found that the current settlement near Des Moines (Iowa). In 1804, the expedition of Lewis and Clark found them already settled on the banks of the Platte near the present city of Omaha, the Omaha and Osage. The missouri were nearly wiped out in 1798 in a war against the Sauk and Fox, and the survivors had to seek refuge among the Osage, and otoe kanza. In 1805 they met again the missouri, but were attacked by the Osage, and the survivors hid among otoe and Ioway. In 1817 became the first treaty with the whites, and in 1830 sold land in exchange for a reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, near the Big Blue River, they were not given until 1854 Circa 1862, however, sold the land and were to Oklahoma, where they settled in Noble County. Still, the book was divided up in 1887. Truman Washington Dailey (1898-1996), also known as Mashi Manyi (Soaring High) or Sunge Hka (White Horse), is the last speaker of Otoe-Missouri (Baxoje-Jiwere-Nyutchi).
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