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Francis La Flesche (1857-1932) was an Omaha ethnologist who worked with the Bureau of American Ethnology and the Smithsonian Institution. He documented Omaha and Osage customs, songs and social life through field research informed by his own knowledge as an Omaha man. His long collaboration with Ali...

Double Board Omaha is a poker variant where two separate community card boards are dealt simultaneously. As in standard Omaha, players use exactly two of their hole cards combined with three community cards to form the best five-card hand. The pot is split between the best hand on each board, creati...

Big O is a poker variant similar to Omaha Hi-Lo but with each player receiving five hole cards instead of four. As in standard Omaha, players must use exactly two hole cards and three community cards to form their hand. The game is typically played as a high-low split game, with half the pot going t...

5-Card Omaha is a poker variant of the Omaha family in which each player is dealt five private hole cards instead of the four used in standard Omaha. As in all Omaha games, players must use exactly two of their hole cards combined with exactly three of the five community cards to form their best han...

The Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse at 111 South 18th Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Completed in June 2000, it houses the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska and other federal court functions. The building is named for Roman L. Hruska, a Republican...

Courchevel Hi-Lo is a five-card Omaha variant that awards the pot to high and low hands when a qualifying low exists. Each player receives five private cards, and the first community card is exposed before the initial betting round; the remaining board cards are dealt afterward. As in Omaha, every f...

Dramaha is a mixed poker game that combines five-card draw with pot-limit Omaha. Players receive five private cards, use those cards in a draw phase, and then compete through an Omaha-style showdown in which exactly two hole cards and three board cards must be used. Because the same hand is evaluate...

Alice Cunningham Fletcher was an American anthropologist and ethnologist who conducted fieldwork with Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest, including the Omaha and the Nez Perce. She worked with Indigenous collaborators and wrote about social organization, culture, music, and...

Omaha variant with six hole cards per player, the largest hole-card deal in standard Omaha formats, significantly expanding hand combinations and board coverage.

Opera Omaha is an American opera company based in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1958, it presents staged opera performances and related artistic programs for audiences in the Great Plains region. In addition to productions in the city, the organization is associated with education and community progra...

Tahoe is a community-card poker variant that gives each player three private hole cards before a shared board is dealt. In the commonly described form, a player must use exactly two of the three hole cards together with three cards from the board to make a five-card hand. This requirement distinguis...