| Chief Yellow Smoke |
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| Yellow Smoke perpetuates the name of Chief Yellow Smoke, Chief of the Omaha Tribe during the middle and latter part of the nineteenth century. The Omaha Tribe inhabited the geographic area in Western Iowa which includes the Yellow Smoke Park area. This area was likely a part of the tribal hunting grounds. In 1854, Chief Yellow Smoke signed a treaty that ceded a large area of tribal territory, of which the park is part of, to the United States Government. |
| Chief Yellow Smoke was the last keeper of the "Sacred Pole" which was the symbol of the tribe's well-being, the center piece of their ceremonies and the subject of their sacred songs.His name came from the yellow smoke stain on the pole. The sacred pole was displayed in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. and now rests with the Omaha Tribe at Macy, Nebraska. |
| Chief Yellow Smoke's Sacred Pole |
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