Pictures and Sources

This is our Long House that we made.

Sources that I Used:
Wikipedia
Flickr
Omaha.com
The Omaha Tribe
Facts for Kids:Omaha Indians
The Omaha Indians

Journal

                                              Dear Journal,
            Today was a very hard, but fun day.  When I first got up I was feeling pretty good until breakfast came.  It was terrible because we bearly had anything, and we had to eat some of the food from last night.  After that a couple of other kids and I had to go pick buffalo chips for the fire.  I sometimes like going with them, but not today.  It turns out that we had a pretty fun time.  Once we finished picking I started to walk back when I heard a scream!  I thought that someone was hurt, but then I noticed that it was just Bobaway playing around.  I was scared and annoyed at the same time, so I told him to stop fooling around.  Inteus agreed that we all should head back, so we don't get in to trouble.  When we got back I had to mend some things, but when I was just about done I poked my self with a needle."Ouch!"  For dinner we ate meat, corn, beans, and some squash.  Now I'm all warm in my covers writing, but I should probably go to bed since tomorrow is going to be busy.
                                              Sincerely,
                                                              Algoma

Climate

                 The Omaha Tribe was located on a reservation in what is now northern Nebraska and western Iowa.   The temperatures changed throughout the year.  In January the average temperature was around 20 degrees Fahrenheit or -6.67 degrees Celsius.  In midsummer, the average July temperature was 76.7 F or 24.8 C.  It was normaly humid, and there was frequent thunder storms.  The yearly precipatation was about 30.2(mostly in the warm months).  The total snowfall for the area varied, but it could get as much as 45 inches of snow in the north.  Nebraskans have had many blizzards,droughts, and windstorms through out their history.


                     Omaha's that lived in western Iowa has weather simalar to northern Nebraska.  Janurary's average tempature is abput 25 degrees Fahrenheit.  In July the average tempature is about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.  Also in the summer it rains the most.  There was annualy 38 inches of rain, and there  is 37 tornadoes annualy in a year.  In 2008 12 people died in a tornado.

Foods

                 The Omaha Native Americans ate many different things.  The Omaha native Americans grew corn, beans, squash, and melons.  Most of the time they ate meat from animals.  In the winter the Omaha Native Americans ate mostly dry food.  They also collected roots, plants, ground nuts, artichoke, and mushrooms.  The Omaha's grew corn, beans, and squash together because the corn stalks help the bean vines grow, and the beans give the corn nitrogen for a couple of years.
                   The squash helps all of the plants because the leaves make shade to make sure the weeds don't spread.  Also the squash stops any animal that would want to eat the vegetables.  Another reason the Omaha Indians grew corn, beans, and squash together is because the three vegetables were called "The Sisters Garden".  The Omaha people would also would look for signs in where they live to see how the temperature for the soil should be.  The Sisters even each other out because corn has carbohydrates, dried beans have a ton of protein.  The Native American would celebrate The Sisters.

Cloudy and Clear The story of Nature

              Angeni (which means spirit) was out taking a walk early in the morning when  it was all misty.  While she was walking she heard a bunch of little chirps.  She stopped a while to listen , and it sounded like the birds were responding to each other!  Angeni ran back to her little hut to tell her grandma, Chitsa  (means fair) what had happened.  While she was running back she noticed that, like magic the sky was clear and it wasn't misty any more.  When she got home everyone was waking up, getting dressed, and eating   breakfast.  Angeni said, "Good morning"and "Hi" to people she pasted until she found her grandma.  "Grandma!  Guess what happened this morning?!" Angeni asked.  "What, Angeni?"  Grandma answered.  "I was taking a walk when it was all misty, but once I heard these birds sing and I was coming home it was all clear!"  "Well,well,well.  I guess you want to know how that is?  In the morning when birds sing it means that the sky is going to be clear, but when it's misty in the morning it is going to be a very hot day.  In the night if fireflies are out then that means that it's going to rain in the night."  Angeni said, "Then Can I Check if it's hot outside?"  "Of course dear." Chitsa said.  And sure enough it was.

Interesting Facts

                    Omaha Native Americans are very interesting.  Some cool facts about Omaha people is that they were the first tribe on the Northern Plains and adopted equestrian culture.   Cheif Blackbird controlled the fur trade, and the population was about 1,100  people.  Some of the clothing that they wore is fur.  Women wore long deerskin dresses.  Men wore breech clotheswith leather leggings, buckskin shirts, moccasins on there feet, and when it's cold long buffalo hide robes.
     
                  Omaha worrior shirts were fringed, decorated with porcupine quills, and bead work.  They also had tribal designs on them.  Later on they  adapted to European clothes.  Then they started dressing dresses, vests that are decorated with quills, and some had fancy beading.  Finally, Omaha means "Those who go up stream" or " Against the curant".

Entertainment

                 Omaha Native Americans used signs of nature to tell what's was going to happen.  Some of the things that they thought is that at night when fireflies are present it would rain while your a sleep.  When birds sing in the morning then that means that it will be clear through-out the day.  When it is misty in the morning then it's going to be a hot day.  Another thing that the Omaha Native Americans liked to do was sing or make music.  The type of music that they liked is either the blues or jazz.

                       When Omaha's celebrate they liked to dance, sing, and do other things.  There is sometimes two circles of drummers.  The Omaha Tribe also like to invite other people to their festival.  Sometimes they liked to celebrate on how ancient their culture is.  They also celebrated how well they have adapted to different ways of life.  During their festivals people might come up and tell about their feelings like if someone died.

Culture

              Omaha Native Americans were made to have to live on a reservation in Northern Nebraska and Western Iowa.  In 1800 smallpox killed one-third of the people including Cheif Blackbird.  Blackbird was the main person who traded with the Spanish and French.  Blackbird thought that fostering a good relation ship with explorers.  After the Louisiana Purchase the Omaha people started to have and sell scissors, axes, top hats, and buttons.  Also most women if lucky lived up to thirty.  Semi permanent villiges usually only lasted eight to fifteen years.

               Some french fur trappers found the Omahas on the east side of the Missouri River to trade.  Also when Luis and Clark come by ton-wa-tonga they started up a annual buffalo hunt.  In 1775 the Omaha's developed a new village.  The village was in Ton-wa-tonga, and is called "The Big Village".  The village was probably near Homer,Nabraska.  The Big Village was the village for Cheif Blackbird.

Religions

                      Omaha Native Americans have many ways in life.  The Omaha tribe has an ancient Sacred Pole.  The pole was very special, and was made out of cottonwood.  The Sacred Pole was called Umohoti, and was kept in the Sacred Tent.  Only men were allowed in the Holly Society.  Some other facts about Omaha Native Americans is that the last buffalo hunted was in 1876.  In 1888 Francis La Fleche(a young Omaha anthropologist) and Alice Fleche had the Sacred Pole taken to a museum to preserve it.  In the twentieth century the Omaha's talked with Pea body to return the Pole, and to install it in the cultural center.