The Omaha Indians are Indians who began in Ohio and then migrated all the way to the Great Plains. They did not have cars back when they migrated to the Great Plains, which means they migrated by foot. The Great Plains consists of many different states including Nebraska and Iowa in which the Omaha Indians settled. According to the “Omaha Tribe Against the Current” article online, the tribe had a “total land area [of] 307.474 sq. miles and a population of 5,194”. This was all based on census that was given in the year 2000. The Omaha speak a language that is similar to the Ponca Indians. They speak the Siouian language, which was also spoken by different tribes. Unfortunately, a majority of the Indians today do not speak that language.
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The men would go out and hunt for the food, sometimes with their children, and the women would stay home. The women would stay at home and they would farm the land and even build the teepees. The land that the women farmed, as stated earlier, consisted of corns, beans and squash. The female would be responsible for harvesting all the crops during the fall. Because of the cold winters, the crops would die during that period of time, which allowed the Indians to eat dry food. Therefore, because they would eat the crops during the winter, they would eat the animals during the warmer times of the year. Hunting season was in both the summer and the winter. The men would hunt with their children for buffalo. During hunting season, their diet consisted mostly of meat. When they would finish building the teepees, they were responsible for the transportation of those teepees. It was extremely uncommon for a female to go to war to protect the family. Most of the time, if the family or tribe needed to be protected, it was the male that went out and fought for them. Although there are divisions of labor by gender within the Omaha community, the females and males do share one job. They shared the art of storytelling and creation of artwork. Females and males would create clothing for families to wear during ceremonies or even just daily activities. They would make long dresses for the women, and the men would wear buckskin shirts with leather tight
The men would go out and hunt for the food, sometimes with their children, and the women would stay home. The women would stay at home and they would farm the land and even build the teepees. The land that the women farmed, as stated earlier, consisted of corns, beans and squash. The female would be responsible for harvesting all the crops during the fall. Because of the cold winters, the crops would die during that period of time, which allowed the Indians to eat dry food. Therefore, because they would eat the crops during the winter, they would eat the animals during the warmer times of the year. Hunting season was in both the summer and the winter. The men would hunt with their children for buffalo. During hunting season, their diet consisted mostly of meat. When they would finish building the teepees, they were responsible for the transportation of those teepees. It was extremely uncommon for a female to go to war to protect the family. Most of the time, if the family or tribe needed to be protected, it was the male that went out and fought for them. Although there are divisions of labor by gender within the Omaha community, the females and males do share one job. They shared the art of storytelling and creation of artwork. Females and males would create clothing for families to wear during ceremonies or even just daily activities. They would make long dresses for the women, and the men would wear buckskin shirts with leather tight