Oto
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oklahoma
Oto (or Otoe) tradition indicates that these people lived at one time with the Missouri, Iowa, and Winnebago tribes somewhere in the upper Great Lakes region. Probably pushed by other tribes squeezed from the east, they began moving west and south, perhaps in the 1500's, leaving the Winnebago in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, area, and the Iowa people at the confluence of the Mississippi and Iowa rivers. The Oto and Missouri continued south along the Mississippi and west along the Missouri until reaching the confluence of the Missouri and Grand rivers. At this point there was a conflict...
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