Mar 03, 2017 11:56AM ● By Marisa Miakonda Cummings
The city of Omaha is named after the Umonhon people. The state of Nebraska is also an Umonhon word, NiBlaSka, or “Land of the Flat Waters.” ...
Aug 26, 2016 05:55PM ● By Marisa Miakonda Cummings
I would like to begin by introducing myself. My English name is Marisa Cummings. My Omaha or Umoⁿhoⁿ name is Miakonda or Moon Power. I was g...
Aug 25, 2016 11:08AM ● By James Vnuk
When a language dies, its culture suffers a tragic loss. The indigenous Omaha people—the Umoⁿhoⁿ—are thus in a precarious position. Although...
Jun 06, 2015 10:07AM ● By Doug Meigs
Article originally published in July/August 2015 Omaha Magazine.The founder of Bold Nebraska— Jane Fleming Kleeb—travels to Omaha once a wee...
Aug 29, 2014 09:00AM ● By Omaha Magazine Staff
Holy and charged with emotion—dances for the departed, drum beats to ancient rhythms, regalia adorned with symbols of legends and deeds and...
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