![]() ![]() By 1703, France had developed a regular trade with the native peoples along the Missouri River in Nebraska, and by 1719 had signed treaties with several of these peoples. ![]() In the 1690s, Spain established trade connections with the Apaches, whose territory then included western Nebraska. When European exploration, trade, and settlement began, both Spain and France sought to control the region. The historic tribes in the state included the Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota ( Sioux), some of which migrated from eastern areas into this region. Indigenous peoples lived in the region of present-day Nebraska for thousands of years before European colonization. Main articles: History of Nebraska and Native American tribes in Nebraska Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted Nebraska's name is the result of anglicization of the archaic Otoe words Ñí Brásge, pronounced (contemporary Otoe Ñíbrahge), or the Omaha Ní Btháska, pronounced, meaning "flat water", after the Platte River which flows through the state. Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer and sometimes in autumn. The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures, variations that decrease moving south within the state. The Panhandle and adjacent areas bordering Colorado have a primarily semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). ![]() The eastern two-thirds of the state has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa) a unique warmer subtype considered "warm-temperate" exists near the southern plains, which is analogous to that in Kansas and Oklahoma, which have a predominantly humid subtropical climate. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie. The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected without any official reference to political party affiliation. ![]() Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska is the 16th largest state by land area, with just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km 2), but with a population of over 1.9 million, it is the 12th least populous state and the 7th least densely populated. The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota ( Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River Kansas to the south Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west. Nebraska ( / n ə ˈ b r æ s k ə/ i) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Welcome to NEBRASKAland where the West begins ![]()
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