Omaha Tribe Research Paper

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The Omaha Tribe is a Native American tribe who live on the Omaha Reservation in the northeastern part of Nebraska and the western part of Iowa. The Omaha Reservation is in southern Thurston County and northeastern Cuming County, Nebraska.
Everybody in a family had a role to play. The men or fathers, were hunters and went to war. Women or moms, were farmers and helped build and deliver teepees to others. Men became Omaha chiefs and women could not, but men and women participated in storytelling, artwork, music, and medicine. The kids in the tribe did basically what kids do today. They played, went to school, and helped around the house like a normal kid. Omaha tribe members wore different things or clothing as well. Women wore long dresses that

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