Back to the Platte

[Mark Awakuni-Swetland]

19 March 2001
>>From the earlier discussion about the term Nibthaska and its reference to "shallowness?"

In the preface to La Flesche's "The Middle Five," he notes that..."Most of the country now known as the State of Nebraska (the Omaha name of the river Plattt, descriptive of its shallowness, width, and low banks)..." (1963:xix).

The geese are coming back, so the warm weather will soon be here to stay.

Aloha,
uthixide


Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Lecturer
Anthropology/Ethnic Studies
c/o Department of Anthropology-Geography
University of Nebraska
Bessey Hall 132
Lincoln, NE 68588-0368
Office 402-472-3455
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