Nebraska Tribes and Treaties
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There are 18 separate treaties between American Indian tribes and the U.S. government for land in Nebraska which were negotiated between 1825 and 1892. By the 1850s the Pawnee, Omaha, Oto-Missouri, Ponca, Lakota, and Cheyenne were the main Great Plains tribes living in the Nebraska Territory.
U.S. government treaties with American Indian tribes for land in Nebraska. | |||||
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Tribe | Year | Notes | |||
Kansas | 1825 | Ceded much of severe southeast Nebraska. | |||
Oto | 1830 | The severe southeastern corner of Nebraska. | |||
Oto | 1833 | Southeast Nebraska, near the mouth of the Platte, included land where the Moses Merill Mission was located. | |||
Pawnee | 1833 | South-central Nebraska. | |||
Pawnee | 1848 | A small tract along the Platte River in central Nebraska. | |||
Omaha | 1854 | Almost all of east-central and northeast Nebraska. | |||
Oto and Missouri | 1854 | East-central Nebraska immediately south of the Platte River. | |||
Pawnee | 1857 | All of north-central Nebraska between the Platte River and the South Dakota border. | |||
Arapaho and Cheyenne | 1861 | All of southwestern and some of west-central Nebraska south of the North Platte River. | |||
Omaha | 1865 | A small parcel of land compromising 1/4 of their reservation. | |||
Lakota | 1875 | All of west-central Nebraska north of the North Platte River. | |||
Pawnee | 1875 | A small tract north of the Platte River that included the land that became the Genoa Indian Industrial School. | |||
Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho | 1876 | All of severe northwestern Nebraska. | |||
Omaha | 1882 | Two parcels of land in two treaties comprising 1/2 of their reservation lands, including land for the Winnebago reservation. | |||
Lakota | 1892 | Ceded a parcel of land including Pine Ridge, Nebraska. |