The Missouria or Missouri are a Native American tribe that originated in the Great Lakes region of United States before European contact. The tribe belongs to the Chiwere division of the Siouan linguistic family, with the Iowa and Otoe. Historically, the tribe lived near the mouth of the Grand River, the mouth of the Missouri River, and in Saline County, Missouri. Today they live primarily in Oklahoma.
Their name means "One who has dugout canoes"...
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The Missouria or Missouri are a Native American tribe that originated in the Great Lakes region of United States before European contact. The tribe belongs to the Chiwere division of the Siouan linguistic family, with the Iowa and Otoe. Historically, the tribe lived near the mouth of the Grand River, the mouth of the Missouri River, and in Saline County, Missouri. Today they live primarily in Oklahoma.
Their name means "One who has dugout canoes" in the Illinois language (Wimihsoorita). In their own language, the Missouri call themselves Niúachi. They were known as the Waçux¢a by the Osage and Wa-ju'-xd¢ǎ, by the Quapaw. Niutachi, as their self-designation is also spelled, means, "People of the River Mouth."
The state of Missouri and the Missouri River are named for the tribe.
The tribe's oral history says they once lived north of the Great Lakes. They began migrating south in the 16th century. By the 1600, the Missouria lives near the confluence of the Missouri and the Grand Rivers,...
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