• Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hopes of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe

    Gage County Museum North 2nd Street, Beatrice, NE, United States

    A new exhibit on the history of the Big Blue Reservation in southern Gage County will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. The exhibit will include information about the Otoe/Missouria language and Otoe-Missouria culture including arts and lifestyles as well as traditional beliefs and rituals. Exhibit panels will feature letters, oral history and photographs. […]

  • Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hope of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe

    Great Plains Art Museum 1155 Q St, Lincoln, United States

    One hundred seventy years ago, the Treaty of 1854 was passed by Congress, authorizing the move of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe to the Big Blue Reservation in Gage County, Nebraska. The Tribe watched as acre by acre of their land was sold off by the government and treaties were broken. In 1881, the Tribe was moved […]

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