2026 Native American Artifact Show

This educational exhibition event features authentic Native American artifacts from a number of private and public collections. Visitors will be able to see some of the nest examples of spear points, arrowheads, tools, and pottery in the Midwest. Hands-on activities will include corn grinding demonstrations and pottery making.

Come see an incredible traveling exhibition on display now through March 9

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

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 from this reservation to Red Rock, Oklahoma.
The Gage County Historical Society, along with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, arranged a summer exhibit in 2024 to educate the public about this important part of American history. The Otoe- Missouria Tribe once called Southeast Nebraska home. Through the displacement of the people during the 1800s, they lost sacred traditions. This exhibit includes their voices of how that loss affected them into the present.

DON’T MISS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT 1:00 PM

Nolan Johnson

Nebraska State Historical Society Archaeologist

presents

“Otoe-Missouria Archeology in Nebraska”