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* [[Cheyenne County, Nebraska|Cheyenne]] |
* [[Cheyenne County, Nebraska|Cheyenne]] |
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* [[Dakota County, Nebraska|Dakota]] |
* [[Dakota County, Nebraska|Dakota]] |
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* [[Loup County, Nebraska|Loup]] - Named for the Skidi Pawnee, whose name means "wolf", which in French is loup. |
* [[Keya Paha County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Loup County, Nebraska|Loup]] - Named for the [[Skidi]] [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], whose name means "wolf", which in French is loup. |
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* [[Nemaha County, Nebraska|Nemaha]] |
* [[Nemaha County, Nebraska|Nemaha]] |
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* [[Otoe, Nebraska|Otoe]] |
* [[Otoe, Nebraska|Otoe]] |
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* [[Pawnee, Nebraska|Pawnee]] |
* [[Pawnee County, Nebraska|Pawnee]] |
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* [[Sioux, Nebraska|Sioux]] |
* [[Sioux County, Nebraska|Sioux]] |
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* [[Keya Paha County, Nebraska|Keya Paha]] - Means "turtle hill", is descriptive of the small hills in its vicinity. |
* [[Keya Paha County, Nebraska|Keya Paha]] - Means "turtle hill", is descriptive of the small hills in its vicinity. |
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* [[Anoka, Nebraska|Anoka]] - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides." |
* [[Anoka, Nebraska|Anoka]] - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides." |
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* [[Arapahoe, Nebraska|Arapahoe]] |
* [[Arapahoe, Nebraska|Arapahoe]] |
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* [[Birdwood, Nebraska|Birdwood]] - A translation of the Dakota name '' |
* [[Birdwood, Nebraska|Birdwood]] - A translation of the Dakota name ''Ziŋtka-c̣aŋ Wakpala'' (False Indigo Creek). False Indigo ([[Amorpha fruticosa]]), commonly grows along the stream and in Dakota is literally called "birdwood." |
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* [[Battle Creek, Nebraska|Battle Creek]] - Named after a nearby stream where Nebraska volunteer militiamen were prepared to fight a battle against the Pawnee Indians that never happened. |
* [[Battle Creek, Nebraska|Battle Creek]] - Named after a nearby stream where Nebraska volunteer militiamen were prepared to fight a battle against the Pawnee Indians that never happened. |
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* [[Barada, Nebraska|Barada]] - Named after [[Antoine Barada]], a French-Omaha settler on the [[Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation]]. |
* [[Barada, Nebraska|Barada]] - Named after [[Antoine Barada]], a French-Omaha settler on the [[Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation]]. |
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* [[Blackbird, Nebraska|Blackbird]] - Blackbird is the English translation of the name ''Wash-ing-guhsah-ba'', or [[Chief Blackbird]] of the [[Omaha tribe|Omahas]] who lived and died in the vicinity. |
* [[Blackbird, Nebraska|Blackbird]] - Blackbird is the English translation of the name ''Wash-ing-guhsah-ba'', or [[Chief Blackbird]] of the [[Omaha tribe|Omahas]] who lived and died in the vicinity. |
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* [[Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Brule, Nebraska|Brule]] - Named after the Brule tribe of the [[Teton Sioux]]. |
* [[Brule, Nebraska|Brule]] - Named after the Brule tribe of the [[Lakota people|Teton Sioux]]. |
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* [[Council Creek Township, Nance County, Nebraska]] |
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⚫ | * [[Hyannis, Nebraska|Hyannis]] - Named after [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]], which was named after [[Iyannough]], a [[sachem]] of the Cummaquid tribe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2992|title=Profile for Hyannis, Massachusetts|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|accessdate=2010-05-21}}</ref> |
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* [[Elkhorn Township, Dodge County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Fontenelle, Nebraska|Fontenelle]] - Named after Omaha chief [[Logan Fontenelle]]. |
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⚫ | * [[Hyannis, Nebraska|Hyannis]] - Named after [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]], which was named after [[Iyannough]], a [[sachem]] of the Cummaquid tribe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2992|title=Profile for Hyannis, Massachusetts|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|accessdate=2010-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609014241/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2992|archive-date=2011-06-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Iowa Township, Holt County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Kenesaw Township, Adams County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]] - Named after [[Petalesharo|Chief Petalesharo]]. |
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* [[Lodgepole, Nebraska|Lodgepole]] - Named after a nearby creek that is named after a literal translation of the Dakota name, ''Tushu Wakpala''. |
* [[Lodgepole, Nebraska|Lodgepole]] - Named after a nearby creek that is named after a literal translation of the Dakota name, ''Tushu Wakpala''. |
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* [[Logan Township, Adams County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Antelope County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Burt County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Clay County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Cuming County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Dixon County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Dodge County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Gage County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Kearney County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Logan Township, Knox County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Loup Ferry Township, Nance County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Loup Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Loup Township, Custer County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Loup Township, Merrick County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Minatare, Nebraska|Minatare]] - From the Hidatsa word ''mirita'ri,'' meaning "crosses the water."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|last=Bright|first=William|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=2004|isbn=080613576X|location=Norman, Oklahoma|pages=258}}</ref> |
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* [[Monowi, Nebraska|Monowi]] - Meaning "flower", this town was so named because there were so many wild flowers growing in the vicinity. |
* [[Monowi, Nebraska|Monowi]] - Meaning "flower", this town was so named because there were so many wild flowers growing in the vicinity. |
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* [[Nehawka, Nebraska|Nehawka]] - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek. |
* [[Nehawka, Nebraska|Nehawka]] - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek meaning "rustling water." |
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* [[Nemaha, Nebraska|Nemaha]] - Named after the [[Nemaha River basin|Nemaha River]], based on an Otoe word meaning "swampy water."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/nemaha/nemaha/|title=CASDE {{!}} Nemaha -- Nemaha County|last=Network|first=University of Nebraska-Lincoln {{!}} Web Developer|website=www.casde.unl.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-01}}</ref> |
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* [[Nemaha, Nebraska|Nemaha]] |
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* [[Niobrara, Nebraska|Niobrara]] - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river. |
* [[Niobrara, Nebraska|Niobrara]] - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river. |
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* [[Oconee Township, Platte County, Nebraska|Oconee]] - Named for [[Oconee, Illinois]]. Oconee was the name of a Creek town. |
* [[Oconee Township, Platte County, Nebraska|Oconee]] - Named for [[Oconee, Illinois]]. Oconee was the name of a Creek town. |
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* [[Oconto, Nebraska|Oconto]] - A Menominee word meaning the "place of the pickerel." Named for [[Oconto, Wisconsin]]. |
* [[Oconto, Nebraska|Oconto]] - A Menominee word meaning the "place of the pickerel." Named for [[Oconto, Wisconsin]]. |
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* [[Ogallala, Nebraska|Ogallala]] - named for the [[Oglala]] people. |
* [[Ogallala, Nebraska|Ogallala]] - named for the [[Oglala Lakota|Oglala]] people. |
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* [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] |
* [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] - Named for the [[Omaha people]] who lived nearby |
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* [[Oneida Township, Kearney County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Osceola, Nebraska|Osceola]] |
* [[Osceola, Nebraska|Osceola]] |
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* [[Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]]. Named after [[Petalesharo]], a Pawnee chief. |
* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]]. Named after [[Petalesharo]], a Pawnee chief. |
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* [[Platte Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Platte Township, Dodge County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Pohocco Township, Saunders County, Nebraska|Pohocco]] - A precinct in the northeastern part of Saunders county, the name derives from [[Pahuk]], meaning headland or promontory, the Pawnee name of a prominent hill in the vicinity. |
* [[Pohocco Township, Saunders County, Nebraska|Pohocco]] - A precinct in the northeastern part of Saunders county, the name derives from [[Pahuk]], meaning headland or promontory, the Pawnee name of a prominent hill in the vicinity. |
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* [[Ponca, Nebraska|Ponca]] |
* [[Ponca, Nebraska|Ponca]] |
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* [[Quinnebaugh Township, Burt County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Red Cloud, Nebraska|Red Cloud]] |
* [[Red Cloud, Nebraska|Red Cloud]] |
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* [[Rosalie, Nebraska|Rosalie]] - Named for [[:Category:La Flesche family|Rosalie La Flesche]], a daughter of Omaha chief [[Joseph La Flesche]].<ref>Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder A.M. (1925) ''[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishunsllc/1 Nebraska Place-Names]. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p 140.</ref> |
* [[Rosalie, Nebraska|Rosalie]] - Named for [[:Category:La Flesche family|Rosalie La Flesche]], a daughter of Omaha chief [[Joseph La Flesche]].<ref>Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder A.M. (1925) ''[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishunsllc/1 Nebraska Place-Names]''. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p 140.</ref> |
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* [[Santee, Nebraska|Santee]] |
* [[Santee, Nebraska|Santee]] |
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* [[Sappa Township, Harlan County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Saratoga Township, Holt County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Sioux, Nebraska|Sioux]] |
* [[Sioux, Nebraska|Sioux]] |
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* [[Skull Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[St. Deroin, Nebraska|St. Deroin]] - A ghost town on the former [[Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation]] founded by a French-Omaha settler who was killed near his trading post along the [[Missouri River]]. |
* [[St. Deroin, Nebraska|St. Deroin]] - A ghost town on the former [[Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation]] founded by a French-Omaha settler who was killed near his trading post along the [[Missouri River]]. |
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* [[Tecumseh, Nebraska|Tecumseh]] |
* [[Tecumseh, Nebraska|Tecumseh]] |
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* [[Winnebago, Nebraska|Winnebago]] |
* [[Winnebago, Nebraska|Winnebago]] |
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* [[Wyoming, Nebraska|Wyoming]] - Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows." |
* [[Wyoming, Nebraska|Wyoming]] - Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows." |
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* [[Wyoming Township, Holt County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Yutan, Nebraska|Yutan]] - Named for an Otoe chief. |
* [[Yutan, Nebraska|Yutan]] - Named for an Otoe chief. |
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=== Natural features === |
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* [[Arikaree River]] |
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* [[Big Blue River (Kansas)|Big Blue River]] |
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* [[Big Horn Mountain]] |
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* [[Dakota Formation]] |
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* [[Elkhorn River]] |
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* [[Guide Rock (hill)|Guide Rock]] |
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* [[Keya Paha River]] |
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* [[Lake Wanahoo]] |
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* [[Little Blue River (Kansas/Nebraska)|Little Blue River]] |
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* [[Lodgepole Creek]] |
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* [[Medicine Creek (Republican River)|Medicine Creek]] |
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* [[Missouri River]] |
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* [[Missouri River Valley]] |
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* [[Niobrara National Scenic River]] |
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* [[Niobrara River]] |
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* [[Nishnabotna River]] |
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* [[North Platte River]] |
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* [[Ogallala Aquifer]] |
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* [[Oglala National Grassland]] |
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* [[Pahuk]] |
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* [[Platte River]] |
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* [[Red Willow Creek]] |
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* [[South Platte River]] |
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* [[Standing Bear Lake]] |
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=== Other places === |
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* Fontenelle Boulevard |
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* [[Fontenelle's Post]] |
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* [[Hotel Fontenelle]] |
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* [[Logan Fontenelle Housing Project]] |
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==See also== |
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* [[Native American tribes in Nebraska]] |
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* [[History of Nebraska]] |
* [[History of Nebraska]] |
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* [[French people in Nebraska]] |
* [[French people in Nebraska]] |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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* Fontenelle, Henry. (1885) ''Indian Names of Streams and Localities.'' Translations and reports of the [[Nebraska State Historical Society]], vol. 1, p. 76, 1885. |
* Fontenelle, Henry. (1885) ''Indian Names of Streams and Localities.'' Translations and reports of the [[Nebraska State Historical Society]], vol. 1, p. 76, 1885. |
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* Gilmore, Melvin R. (1919) ''Some Indian Place Names in Nebraska.'' Nebraska State Historical Society, vol. 19, pp. |
* Gilmore, Melvin R. (1919) ''Some Indian Place Names in Nebraska.'' Nebraska State Historical Society, vol. 19, pp. 130–139. |
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==External links== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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Latest revision as of 01:11, 18 December 2023
This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Nebraska. These include state, county, townships, cities, towns, and villages.
State
[edit]- Nebraska - The name of the state is derived from an Omaha name meaning "flat water." In the Omaha language the name is Nibthaska; ni, water, and bthaska, flat.
Counties
[edit]- Red Willow - From the Dakota name "Caŋṡaṡa Wakpala", which literally means Red Osier Dogwood Creek; this shrub being abundant along its banks.
- Cheyenne
- Dakota
- Keya Paha County, Nebraska
- Loup - Named for the Skidi Pawnee, whose name means "wolf", which in French is loup.
- Nemaha
- Otoe
- Pawnee
- Sioux
- Keya Paha - Means "turtle hill", is descriptive of the small hills in its vicinity.
Villages, towns and cities
[edit]- Anoka - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides."
- Arapahoe
- Birdwood - A translation of the Dakota name Ziŋtka-c̣aŋ Wakpala (False Indigo Creek). False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), commonly grows along the stream and in Dakota is literally called "birdwood."
- Battle Creek - Named after a nearby stream where Nebraska volunteer militiamen were prepared to fight a battle against the Pawnee Indians that never happened.
- Barada - Named after Antoine Barada, a French-Omaha settler on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation.
- Blackbird - Blackbird is the English translation of the name Wash-ing-guhsah-ba, or Chief Blackbird of the Omahas who lived and died in the vicinity.
- Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska
- Brule - Named after the Brule tribe of the Teton Sioux.
- Council Creek Township, Nance County, Nebraska
- Elkhorn Township, Dodge County, Nebraska
- Fontenelle - Named after Omaha chief Logan Fontenelle.
- Hyannis - Named after Hyannis, Massachusetts, which was named after Iyannough, a sachem of the Cummaquid tribe.[1]
- Iowa Township, Holt County, Nebraska
- Kenesaw Township, Adams County, Nebraska
- Leshara - Named after Chief Petalesharo.
- Lodgepole - Named after a nearby creek that is named after a literal translation of the Dakota name, Tushu Wakpala.
- Logan Township, Adams County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Antelope County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Burt County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Clay County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Cuming County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Dixon County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Dodge County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Gage County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Kearney County, Nebraska
- Logan Township, Knox County, Nebraska
- Loup Ferry Township, Nance County, Nebraska
- Loup Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Loup Township, Custer County, Nebraska
- Loup Township, Merrick County, Nebraska
- Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska
- Mankota - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word Maḳaṭo, meaning "blue earth". Named for Mankato, Minnesota.
- Minatare - From the Hidatsa word mirita'ri, meaning "crosses the water."[2]
- Monowi - Meaning "flower", this town was so named because there were so many wild flowers growing in the vicinity.
- Nehawka - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek meaning "rustling water."
- Nemaha - Named after the Nemaha River, based on an Otoe word meaning "swampy water."[3]
- Niobrara - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river.
- Oconee - Named for Oconee, Illinois. Oconee was the name of a Creek town.
- Oconto - A Menominee word meaning the "place of the pickerel." Named for Oconto, Wisconsin.
- Ogallala - named for the Oglala people.
- Omaha - Named for the Omaha people who lived nearby
- Oneida Township, Kearney County, Nebraska
- Osceola
- Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska
- Leshara. Named after Petalesharo, a Pawnee chief.
- Platte Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska
- Platte Township, Dodge County, Nebraska
- Pohocco - A precinct in the northeastern part of Saunders county, the name derives from Pahuk, meaning headland or promontory, the Pawnee name of a prominent hill in the vicinity.
- Ponca
- Quinnebaugh Township, Burt County, Nebraska
- Red Cloud
- Rosalie - Named for Rosalie La Flesche, a daughter of Omaha chief Joseph La Flesche.[4]
- Santee
- Sappa Township, Harlan County, Nebraska
- Saratoga Township, Holt County, Nebraska
- Sioux
- Skull Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska
- St. Deroin - A ghost town on the former Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation founded by a French-Omaha settler who was killed near his trading post along the Missouri River.
- Tecumseh
- Tekamah - Located on the site of a historic Pawnee village, the surrounding hills were used for burying grounds and the highest point was used as a fire signal station. The origin of the name is not definitely known.
- Tonawanda - Named for Tonawanda, New York.
- Unidilla - An Iroquois word meaning "place of meeting." Named after Unadilla, New York.
- Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie.
- Waco - Named after Waco, Texas, which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas.
- Wahoo
- Weeping Water is a translation of the French "L'Eau qui Pleure", and has an interesting Native American legend connected with its name.
- Winnebago
- Wyoming - Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows."
- Wyoming Township, Holt County, Nebraska
- Yutan - Named for an Otoe chief.
Natural features
[edit]- Arikaree River
- Big Blue River
- Big Horn Mountain
- Dakota Formation
- Elkhorn River
- Fontenelle Forest
- Guide Rock
- Keya Paha River
- Lake Wanahoo
- Little Blue River
- Lodgepole Creek
- Medicine Creek
- Missouri River
- Missouri River Valley
- Niobrara National Scenic River
- Niobrara River
- Nishnabotna River
- North Platte River
- Ogallala Aquifer
- Oglala National Grassland
- Pahuk
- Platte River
- Red Willow Creek
- South Platte River
- Standing Bear Lake
Other places
[edit]- Fontenelle Boulevard
- Fontenelle's Post
- Hotel Fontenelle
- Logan Fontenelle Housing Project
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Profile for Hyannis, Massachusetts". ePodunk. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 258. ISBN 080613576X.
- ^ Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "CASDE | Nemaha -- Nemaha County". www.casde.unl.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder A.M. (1925) Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p 140.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder A.M. (1925) Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p 140.
- Fontenelle, Henry. (1885) Indian Names of Streams and Localities. Translations and reports of the Nebraska State Historical Society, vol. 1, p. 76, 1885.
- Gilmore, Melvin R. (1919) Some Indian Place Names in Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society, vol. 19, pp. 130–139.