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Copyright 2011 by The Curators of the University of Missouri
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Printed and bound in the United States of America
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Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress
ISBN 978-0-8262-1914-5

This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984.

Designer: Kristie Lee
Typesetter: K. Lee Design & Graphics
Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore
Typeface: Palatino

ISBN 978-0-8262-7244-7 (electronic)

Dedicated to the memory of the Missouria people, the Nyut^achi, who have too long been forgotten to history. I hope this book will help their descendants in the Otoe-Missouria, Ioway, and other American Indian tribes recover a piece of their history. I also dedicate the book to the memory of my grandmother Willa (Plunkett) Simcosky (18991982). Her stories about growing up in western Oklahoma instilled in me at an early age a curiosity about and respect for American Indian people, their history, and their cultures.

Acknowledgments

Many noted anthropologists, historians, and archaeologists, including Francis La Flesche, Alanson Skinner, James Owen Dorsey, George Hyde, Louis B. Houck, Baron Marc Villiers, J. Brewton Berry, Abraham Nasatir, Gilbert Din, John Joseph Mathews, James Mooney, Frederick Webb Hodge, John Swanton, R. David Edmunds, Carl and Eleanor Chapman, Robert Bray, Robert Wiegers, Henry Hamilton, Berlin Basil Chapman, Martha Royce Blaine, Donald Lance, Mildred Mott Widel, Leonard Blake, Michael O'Brien, David J. Costa, Larry Grantham, and Dale Henning have discussed or mentioned the Missouria in their works. The information, while valuable, most often appears in scholarly works or field notes that are not widely accessible. The works themselves often do not include a Native American viewpoint. Primary documents mentioning the Missouria are rare, and they are usually in French or Spanish. This situation has made research for this book especially challenging.

I appreciate the communication that I have had with members of the Otoe-Missouria tribe: Barbara Childs-Walton, Connie Harper, Dawn Briner, Lorena DeRoin, Flo Robedeux, and Bat Shunatona. I gained a vital new perspective on the culture from them. Matthew Jones especially provided assistance with oral traditions, tribal history, and bibliographical materials. Sonny Littlecrow also provided information on oral traditions, tribal history and language concepts. Among members of the Osage tribe, I want to thank Louis F. Burns, who shared his knowledge with me, and Kathryn Red Corn, who gave me access to materials in the Osage tribal museum.

Jimm Goodtracks, Chiwere language preservationist, provided assistance with Ioway-Otoe language and permitted use of ethnographical materials on his website. Dr. Carol Diaz-Granados and James Duncan helped explain Siouan symbolism in the context of modern archaeology; Dr. Lori Stanley, Luther College, and Adam Fracchia provided information in their theses; David Bennett shared newspaper and journal excerpts. Dr. W. Raymond Wood, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, Dr. Tim Baumann, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Dr. R. Bruce McMillan, Director Emeritus, Illinois State Museum, Dr. Jeff Yelton, Central Missouri University, and James Harlan, University of Missouri, provided archaeological and geographical materials and corrections. Tammy Green and Candace Sall, of the University of Missouri, provided access to valuable research materials; Jim Baker, of the Felix Valle, State Historic Site, and Greg Olson, of the Missouri State Archives, and historian Jim Denny also provided needed help. Janet Littlecrow was an encourager and helped open some doors with her husband's tribe.

The research for this publication was made possible by a Brownlee Grant from the State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. I am indebted to the society board and to Dr. Gary Kremer for their support. Stephen Chapman permitted use of illustrations done by his mother, Eleanor Chapman. Thanks go to my daughter, Ruth Ellen Bratcher, for maps and graphics work and to the series editor, Rebecca Schroeder, the staff of the University of Missouri Press, and my wife, Diana, for their patience.

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