Nation / Tribe
Oto Tribe
The Otoe (Jiwere) are a Chiwere Siouan-speaking people closely related to the Iowa and Missouria nations. Their traditional territory was located along the Missouri River in present-day Nebraska and Missouri. The Otoe were the first Indigenous nation to hold a formal council with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, meeting near present-day Council Bluffs, Iowa, in August 1804. The Otoe entered into several treaties with the United States in the early 19th century. Today, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe is headquartered in Red Rock, Oklahoma.
Portrait: Charles Bird King, "Shaumonekusse, Oto Half Chief," c. 1822. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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