People of the Prairies
Prairie peoples who made bandolier bags include the Ponca, Oto, and Omaha, who came to
Nebraska in the 1700s or earlier, as well as the Winnebago and
Potawatomi, who came here as a result of U.S. government policies
in the nineteenth century. Sac, Fox, and Iowa peoples also made
bandolier bags.
Ponca
Jack LeClair and Bob View,
identified as Ponca, about 1910.
The bandolier bag on the horse has repetitive
woven designs that are closely related to those of the Omaha
and Winnebago.
Source: Nebraska State Historical Society
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Oto
The Oto occupied the prairies of western
Missouri and eastern Nebraska from
the 1600s to the mid 1800s. In 1854 they were forced onto a reservation
in southeastern Nebraska and were moved to Oklahoma in 1881.
Not commonly known to produce bandolier bags, the Oto sometimes
used them, as this photograph shows.
Group of Oto people about 1920.
Note the man on the far right with the
bandolier bag.
Source: Nebraska State Historical Society
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