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This is a list of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] place names in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nebraska]].

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This is a list of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] place names in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nebraska]]. These include state, county, townships, cities, towns, and villages.
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== Counties ==
== Counties ==
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* [[Red Willow County, Nebraska|Red Willow]] - From the Dakota name "Caŋṡaṡa Wakpala", which literally means [[Red Osier Dogwood]] Creek; this shrub being abundant along its banks.

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* [[Red Willow County, Nebraska|Red Willow]] - A mistranslation of the Dakota name "Chan-shasha Wakpala", which literally means Red Dogwood Creek, this shrub being abundant along its banks.
* [[Cheyenne County, Nebraska|Cheyenne]]
* [[Cheyenne County, Nebraska|Cheyenne]]
* [[Dakota County, Nebraska|Dakota]]
* [[Dakota County, Nebraska|Dakota]]
* [[Loup County, Nebraska|Loup]] - Named for the Skidi Pawnee, whose name means "wolf", which in French is loup.
* [[Keya Paha County, Nebraska]]
* [[Loup County, Nebraska|Loup]] - Named for the [[Skidi]] [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], whose name means "wolf", which in French is loup.
* [[Nemaha County, Nebraska|Nemaha]]
* [[Nemaha County, Nebraska|Nemaha]]
* [[Otoe, Nebraska|Otoe]]
* [[Otoe, Nebraska|Otoe]]
* [[Pawnee, Nebraska|Pawnee]]
* [[Pawnee County, Nebraska|Pawnee]]
* [[Sioux, Nebraska|Sioux]]
* [[Sioux County, Nebraska|Sioux]]
* [[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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== Towns and cities ==


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== Villages, towns and cities ==
* [[Anoka, Nebraska|Anoka]] - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides."
* [[Anoka, Nebraska|Anoka]] - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides."
* [[Arapahoe, Nebraska|Arapahoe]]
* [[Arapahoe, Nebraska|Arapahoe]]
* [[Birdwood, Nebraska|Birdwood]] - A translation of the Dakota name ''Zintka-cham Wakpala'' for the because the birdwood shrub ([[Amorpha fruticosa]]) commonly grows along the stream.
* [[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."
* [[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.
* [[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]].
* [[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.
* [[Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska]]
* [[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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* [[Fontenelle, Nebraska|Fontenelle]]
* [[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>
* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]]
* [[Elkhorn Township, Dodge County, Nebraska]]
* [[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>
* [[Iowa Township, Holt County, Nebraska]]
* [[Kenesaw Township, Adams County, Nebraska]]
* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]] - Named after [[Petalesharo|Chief Petalesharo]].
* [[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''.
* [[Logan Township, Adams County, Nebraska]]
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* [[Mankota, Nebraska|Mankota]] - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word ''Ma-ka'-to'', meaning blue earth. Named for [[Mankato, Minnesota]].
* [[Minatare, Nebraska|Minatare]]
* [[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]]
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* [[Mankota, Nebraska|Mankota]] - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word ''Maḳaṭo'', meaning "blue earth". Named for [[Mankato, Minnesota]].
* [[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>
* [[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.
* [[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."
* [[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>
* [[Nemaha, Nebraska|Nemaha]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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]].
* [[Ogallala, Nebraska|Ogallala]] - named for the [[Oglala]] people.
* [[Ogallala, Nebraska|Ogallala]] - named for the [[Oglala Lakota|Oglala]] people.
* [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
* [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] - Named for the [[Omaha people]] who lived nearby
* [[Oneida Township, Kearney County, Nebraska]]
* [[Osceola, Nebraska|Osceola]]
* [[Osceola, Nebraska|Osceola]]
* [[Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska]]
* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]]. Named after [[Petalesharo]], a Pawnee chief.
* [[Leshara, Nebraska|Leshara]]. Named after [[Petalesharo]], a Pawnee chief.
* [[Platte Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska]]
* [[Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska]]
* [[Platte Township, Dodge County, Nebraska]]
* [[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.
* [[Ponca, Nebraska|Ponca]]
* [[Ponca, Nebraska|Ponca]]
* [[Quinnebaugh Township, Burt County, Nebraska]]
* [[Red Cloud, Nebraska|Red Cloud]]
* [[Red Cloud, Nebraska|Red Cloud]]
* [[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>
* [[Santee, Nebraska|Santee]]
* [[Santee, Nebraska|Santee]]
* [[Sappa Township, Harlan County, Nebraska]]
* [[Saratoga Township, Holt County, Nebraska]]
* [[Sioux, Nebraska|Sioux]]
* [[Sioux, Nebraska|Sioux]]
* [[Skull Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska]]
* [[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]].
* [[Tecumseh, Nebraska|Tecumseh]]
* [[Tecumseh, Nebraska|Tecumseh]]
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* [[Winnebago, Nebraska|Winnebago]]
* [[Winnebago, Nebraska|Winnebago]]
* [[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."
* [[Wyoming Township, Holt County, Nebraska]]
* [[Yutan, Nebraska|Yutan]] - Named for an Otoe chief.
* [[Yutan, Nebraska|Yutan]] - Named for an Otoe chief.

=== Natural features ===
* [[Arikaree River]]
* [[Big Blue River (Kansas)|Big Blue River]]
* [[Big Horn Mountain]]
* [[Dakota Formation]]
* [[Elkhorn River]]
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* [[Fontenelle Forest]]
* [[Guide Rock (hill)|Guide Rock]]
* [[Keya Paha River]]
* [[Lake Wanahoo]]
* [[Little Blue River (Kansas/Nebraska)|Little Blue River]]
* [[Lodgepole Creek]]
* [[Medicine Creek (Republican River)|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 ===
* Fontenelle Boulevard
* [[Fontenelle's Post]]
* [[Hotel Fontenelle]]
* [[Logan Fontenelle Housing Project]]


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Native American tribes in Nebraska]]
* [[History of Nebraska]]
* [[History of Nebraska]]
* [[French people in Nebraska]]
* [[French people in Nebraska]]
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* 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.

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* 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.
* 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.
* Gilmore, Melvin R. (1919) ''Some Indian Place Names in Nebraska.'' Nebraska State Historical Society, vol. 19, pp. 130-139.
* Gilmore, Melvin R. (1919) ''Some Indian Place Names in Nebraska.'' Nebraska State Historical Society, vol. 19, pp. 130–139.


== References ==
==External links==
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/general_info/indian.htm Indian Place Names in New Jersey]


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==External links==
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/general_info/indian.htm Indian Place Names in New Jersey]


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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.

Main article: List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas

State

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  • 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

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Villages, towns and cities

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Natural features

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Other places

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile for Hyannis, Massachusetts". ePodunk. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  2. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 258. ISBN 080613576X.
  3. ^ Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "CASDE | Nemaha -- Nemaha County". www.casde.unl.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  4. ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder A.M. (1925) Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p 140.

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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