List of place names in Nebraska of Native American origin

This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Nebraska. These include state, county, townships, cities, towns, and villages.

State

 * Nebraska - The name of the state is derived from an Omaha name meaning "flat water." In the Omaha language the name is Nibthaska; ni, water, and bthaska, flat.

Counties

 * Red Willow - From the Dakota name "Caŋṡaṡa Wakpala", which literally means Red Osier Dogwood Creek; this shrub being abundant along its banks.
 * Cheyenne
 * Dakota
 * Keya Paha County, Nebraska
 * Loup - Named for the Skidi Pawnee, whose name means "wolf", which in French is loup.
 * Nemaha
 * Otoe
 * Pawnee
 * Sioux
 * Keya Paha - Means "turtle hill", is descriptive of the small hills in its vicinity.

Villages, towns and cities

 * Anoka - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides."
 * Arapahoe
 * Birdwood - A translation of the Dakota name Ziŋtka-c̣aŋ Wakpala (False Indigo Creek). False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), commonly grows along the stream and in Dakota is literally called "birdwood."
 * Battle Creek - Named after a nearby stream where Nebraska volunteer militiamen were prepared to fight a battle against the Pawnee Indians that never happened.
 * Barada - Named after Antoine Barada, a French-Omaha settler on the Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation.
 * Blackbird - Blackbird is the English translation of the name Wash-ing-guhsah-ba, or Chief Blackbird of the Omahas who lived and died in the vicinity.
 * Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska
 * Brule - Named after the Brule tribe of the Teton Sioux.
 * Council Creek Township, Nance County, Nebraska
 * Elkhorn Township, Dodge County, Nebraska
 * Fontenelle - Named after Omaha chief Logan Fontenelle.
 * Hyannis - Named after Hyannis, Massachusetts, which was named after Iyannough, a sachem of the Cummaquid tribe.
 * Iowa Township, Holt County, Nebraska
 * Kenesaw Township, Adams County, Nebraska
 * Leshara - Named after Chief Petalesharo.
 * Lodgepole - Named after a nearby creek that is named after a literal translation of the Dakota name, Tushu Wakpala.
 * Logan Township, Adams County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Antelope County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Burt County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Clay County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Cuming County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Dixon County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Dodge County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Gage County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Kearney County, Nebraska
 * Logan Township, Knox County, Nebraska
 * Loup Ferry Township, Nance County, Nebraska
 * Loup Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
 * Loup Township, Custer County, Nebraska
 * Loup Township, Merrick County, Nebraska
 * Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska
 * Mankota - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word Maḳaṭo, meaning "blue earth". Named for Mankato, Minnesota.
 * Minatare - From the Hidatsa word mirita'ri, meaning "crosses the water."
 * Monowi - Meaning "flower", this town was so named because there were so many wild flowers growing in the vicinity.
 * Nehawka - An approximation to the Omaha and Otoe Indian name of a nearby creek meaning "rustling water."
 * Nemaha - Named after the Nemaha River, based on an Otoe word meaning "swampy water."
 * Niobrara - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river.
 * Oconee - Named for Oconee, Illinois. Oconee was the name of a Creek town.
 * Oconto - A Menominee word meaning the "place of the pickerel." Named for Oconto, Wisconsin.
 * Ogallala - named for the Oglala people.
 * Omaha - Named for the Omaha people who lived nearby
 * Oneida Township, Kearney County, Nebraska
 * Osceola
 * Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska
 * Leshara. Named after Petalesharo, a Pawnee chief.
 * Platte Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
 * Platte Township, Butler County, Nebraska
 * Platte Township, Dodge County, Nebraska
 * Pohocco - A precinct in the northeastern part of Saunders county, the name derives from Pahuk, meaning headland or promontory, the Pawnee name of a prominent hill in the vicinity.
 * Ponca
 * Quinnebaugh Township, Burt County, Nebraska
 * Red Cloud
 * Rosalie - Named for Rosalie La Flesche, a daughter of Omaha chief Joseph La Flesche.
 * Santee
 * Sappa Township, Harlan County, Nebraska
 * Saratoga Township, Holt County, Nebraska
 * Sioux
 * Skull Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska
 * St. Deroin - A ghost town on the former Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation founded by a French-Omaha settler who was killed near his trading post along the Missouri River.
 * Tecumseh
 * Tekamah - Located on the site of a historic Pawnee village, the surrounding hills were used for burying grounds and the highest point was used as a fire signal station. The origin of the name is not definitely known.
 * Tonawanda - Named for Tonawanda, New York.
 * Unidilla - An Iroquois word meaning "place of meeting." Named after Unadilla, New York.
 * Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie.
 * Waco - Named after Waco, Texas, which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas.
 * Wahoo
 * Weeping Water is a translation of the French "L'Eau qui Pleure", and has an interesting Native American legend connected with its name.
 * Winnebago
 * Wyoming - Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows."
 * Wyoming Township, Holt County, Nebraska
 * Yutan - Named for an Otoe chief.

Natural features

 * Arikaree River
 * Big Blue River
 * Big Horn Mountain
 * Dakota Formation
 * Elkhorn River
 * Fontenelle Forest
 * Guide Rock
 * Keya Paha River
 * Lake Wanahoo
 * Little Blue River
 * Lodgepole Creek
 * Medicine Creek
 * Missouri River
 * Missouri River Valley
 * Niobrara National Scenic River
 * Niobrara River
 * Nishnabotna River
 * North Platte River
 * Ogallala Aquifer
 * Oglala National Grassland
 * Pahuk
 * Platte River
 * Red Willow Creek
 * South Platte River
 * Standing Bear Lake

Other places

 * Fontenelle Boulevard
 * Fontenelle's Post
 * Hotel Fontenelle
 * Logan Fontenelle Housing Project