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Omaha In the beginning…
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You must ask yourself… In what ways did White Americans change the life of the plains Indians? What were the positive and negative impacts that the whites had on the plains Indians? If I were a Native American during this period, how would I treat the White settlers/traders? What compensation do you think Whites owe the Native Americans? If any, what?
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First Tribes River Tribes “Farmers ” - Ponca - Otoe - Omaha Inland “Hunters” - Pawnee (Eastern Central Nebraska) - Sioux (Central Nebraska) - Cheyenne (Western Nebraska) Each tribe “fed” on each other – The horse changed everything. Sioux and the Cheyenne had horses
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The Big Picture Omaha Otoe Ponca Pawnee* Sioux* Cheyenne* “Native American Food Chain” * Nomadic
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River Tribe Villages The 3 river tribes were permanent settlements The Indians lived in Earthen lodges These were a pit 4 feet deep and 12 feet across, circular in shape
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Lewis & Clark Expedition & French Traders Explorers Meriwether Lewis & William Clark headed out in 1804 They arrived in Council Bluffs area where they ran into French traders Manuel Lisa and Lucien Fontenell French Traders used the Indians to go out and trap the animals for their skins Traders would give the Indians guns & other items
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Manuel Lisa Manuel Lisa was much like every other French trader He had a French wife in New Orleans At this camp, he had 5 Indian wives When the U.S. Army came, they liked his place so much that they put up a fort right next to his place What is the Fort today?
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Lucien & Logan Fontenell Lucien Fontenell married into the Omaha Tribe solidifying his place among them Lucien married the Chief’s daughter & had a son named Logan (half Indian/half white) When the chief died, Logan became the chief of the Omaha people In 1854, when the whites show up, Logan makes a deal w/ them by giving up some of the land – if we don’t give whitey some, they’ll take it all The Omaha Res. is established Lucien Logan
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Peter Sarpy Lucien Fontenell ran the Missouri Fur Trading Company until his death in 1832 The Missouri Fur Trading Company turned into the American Fur trading Company & Peter Sarpy took over Lucien Fontenell set up his operation in the Bellevue area (Bellevue toll bridge) The establishment had the only ferry crossing as well a trading post
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The Mormons meet Peter Sarpy The Mormons crossed the Missouri River at Bellevue and met w/ Peter Sarpy, the American Fur Trading Representative Sarpy couldn’t help them-he sent them to the area of Florence The Indians up there made a deal w/ the Mormons The deal was they would show the Mormons how to grow winter crops and get fish In exchange, the Mormons gave the Indians a cut of whatever they grew or caught
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The American Fur Trading Company today Halleck Park, Bellevue, Nebraska Hwy 370
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