the present Kansas-Nebraska border. They struggled to adapt to reservation life. Move to Indian Territory During the 1870s, the tribe split into two factions. The Coyote band favored an immediate move to Indian Territory, where they believed they could better perpetuate their traditional tribal life outside the influence of the whites. The Quaker band favored remaining on the Big Blue River land. They were willing to sell the western half of the reservation to whites to gain income for a tribal annuity. By the spring of 1880, about half the tribe had left the reservation and taken up residence with the Sac and Fox Nation in Indian Territory. By the next year, in response to dwindling prospects of self-sufficiency and continued pressure from white settlers, the remaining Otoe members in Nebraska sold the Big Blue reservation. They migrated to Oklahoma. With the Otoe-Missouria already there, they purchased a new reservation in the Cherokee Outlet in the Indian Territory. This is in present-day Noble and Pawnee Counties, Oklahoma. Today the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians is federally recognized. It is based in Red Rock, Oklahoma. Notable Otoe Della Warrior, director, New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Annette Arkeketa, poet and playwright Benjamin West, (Otoe & Southern Cheyenne) Buffalo Clan & Bow String Society (b. 1978) Emmy Award photojournalist, photographer & digital artist. Creator of "The Arkeketa Project". Chono Ca Pe, early 19th-century leader Hayne Hudjihini, or Eagle of Delight (ca. 1795–1822), wife of Sų Manyi Kathi Johny Hendricks, MMA fighter Tommy Morrison, former heavyweight boxer and co-star in Rocky V movie Sų Manyi Kathi, or Prairie Wolf (ca. 1785–1837), sub-chief and diplomat Anna Lee Walters, author See also Fort Atkinson (Nebraska) Woodcliff Burials Notes External links Ioway-Otoe Language, Ioway Cultural Institute; Baxoje, the Ioway Nation, on NativeWeb Otoe-Missouria Genealogy, Database of members and descendants from reservation, Native Website Siouan peoples Native American tribes in Iowa Native American tribes in Missouri Native American tribes in Oklahoma Native American tribes in Nebraska Plains tribes