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Various Spellings: Omaha, Omahaw

Tribal Headquarters

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska 
P.O. Box 368
Macy, NE 68039
Phone: 1.402.837.5391
Fax: 1.402.837.5308

History

Brief Timeline

1824-37: The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Upper Missouri Agency

1837-56: The Council Bluff's Agency supervised the tribe

1856-76: Omaha Agency supervised the tribe

1876-80: Nebraska Agencies supervised the tribe

The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the St. Louis, Central, and Northern Superintendencies.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Omaha tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America and in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

Reservations

Bands and Groups of the Omaha Tribe

Records

Correspondence and Census Records

Tribe Agency Location of Original Records

Pre-1880 Correspondence

M234 RG 75 Rolls 962

Roll Numbers

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Numbers

Post-1885 Census

M595 RG 75 Rolls 962

Roll Numbers

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Numbers
Omaha Upper Missouri Agency, 1824-37 Washington D.C. Rolls 883-88 - - -
Omaha Council Bluffs Agency, 1837-56 Washington D.C. Rolls 215-18 - - -
Omaha Omaha (Winnebago) Agency, 1867-1946 Washington D.C. and Kansas City Rolls 60406 - Rolls 311-14, 663-70 Filma: 579721-724 , and FHL|Films: 583122-583103
Omaha Nebraska Agencies, 1876-80 Washington D.C. Rolls 519-29 - - -

Treaties

Vital Records

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