Otoe
Native American people of the Midwestern United States
The Otoe (Chiwere: Jiwére)[1] are a Native American people of the Midwestern United States. The Otoe language, Chiwere, is part of the Siouan family, and it is related to that of the Iowa and Missouri tribes.
Jiwére | |
|---|---|
 Missouri Indian, Otoe Indian, and chief of the Ponca by Karl Bodmer, c. 1840-1843 | |
| Total population | |
| 4655 enrolled | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Nebraska,  Oklahoma) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Chiwere | |
| Religion | |
| Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ioway, Missouria, Omaha, and other Siouan peoples |
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 houses while they farmed. They used tipis when they traveled, like many other Plains tribes. They often left their villages to hunt buffalo.
References
change- ↑ "Ioway-Otoe-Missouria Language Project - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org. Retrieved 2018-10-10.