It would be best if you looked for a Bison container. This hide is part of a series of 5 hides.
The predominant Native Americans in this region were the Otoe Indians (hence, this County’s name, and a town within our County), who spoke the Chiwere (pronounced Khi-whirr-ah) language. On its website, the National Museum of the American Indian states that “Native people prefer to be called by their specific tribal name.” Recognizing specific tribes and their differences honors our nation's rich legacy of indigenous culture. Out of respect, I will drop the word Indian in this text and only write Otoe.
The Otoe’s name for Bison, and Buffalo, was Chẻ. When it is a tribal/community hunt, the word preceding Bison is gixrán. So, in my best Chiwere, “Gixrán Chẻ Geocacher” means “Our community of Geocachers are on a Bison hunt.” While many letters in the Chiwere language match those in English, the sound of those letters does not match those of English, and the sentence structure order is also different (subject-object-verb, in contrast to English SVO). Also, the Chiwere language uses a complex system of verb conjugation, which reflects various aspects of time, mood, and subject.
Just as the Otoe’s sought-after buffalo were presumably hard to find, this bison series is scattered around Nebraska City. The locations are emphasized in the Kearney Hill area of Nebraska City, so welcome to the Kearney Hill area! Enjoy your modern-day bison hunt!
The tall grass prairies dominated Nebraska, yet most images of the buffalo stampedes do not show the tall grass. Those two thought images are likely from different geographical areas of our state or differing times of the year.
I learned from reading, so I apologize, in advance, for errors or significant deficiencies in this story. I respect the Otoe-Missoura tribe that once lived in this area.