What is Otoe?
{{ethnic group| |group=Otoe |image = Missouri indian Oto indian and chief of the Puncas 0040v.jpg |caption = Missouri Indian, Otoe Indian, and chief of the [[Ponca]] by [[Karl Bodmer]], c. 1840-1843 |total= 4655 enrolled |regions={{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Nebraska}}, {{flag|Oklahoma}}) |religions= [[Native American Church]], [[Christianity]] |languages=[[English language|English]], [[Chiwere language|Chiwere]] |related_groups=[[Ioway]], [[Missouria]], [[Omaha (tribe)|Omaha]], and other [[Siouan]] peoples |native_name=Jiwére|native_name_lang=iow}} The '''Otoe''' ([[Chiwere language|Chiwere]]: ''Jiwére'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/p/the-ioway-otoe-missouria-baxoje-jiwere-nut-achi-language-project-and-dictionary/16055|title=Ioway-Otoe-Missouria Language Project - Kansas Historical Society|website=www.kshs.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref> are a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people of the [[Midwestern United States]]. The Otoe language, [[Chiwere]], is part of the [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] family, and it is related to that of the [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] and [[Missouri tribe|Missouri]] tribes. Historically, the Otoe Tribe lived as a semi-[[nomad]]ic people on the Central Plains along the bank of the Missouri River in [[Nebraska]], [[Kansas]], [[Iowa]] and [[Missouri]]. They lived in elm-bark houses while they farmed. They used [[tipi]]s when they traveled, like many other Plains tribes. They often left their villages to hunt [[buffalo]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{US-stub}} [[Category:Native Americans]]