内布拉斯加(Nebraska)
美国中西部一州（2000年人口约1,711,263）。面积200,349平方公里，首府林肯。密苏里河为其东界。北普拉特河和南普拉特河在内布拉斯加中央西南方汇流形成普拉特河。早在西元前8,000年即有各种史前人类居住於此。地居於此的印第安人包括东部的波尼人、犹他人和奥马哈人，西部则有苏人、阿拉帕霍人和科曼切人。1803年美国自法国手中买下该地，为路易斯安那购地的一部分。1804年路易斯和克拉克远征抵达密苏里河内布拉斯加一侧。1854年依堪萨斯－内布拉斯加法成为内布拉斯加准州的一部分。1867年内布拉斯加加入联邦成为第37州。很快地，人口增加，且印第安人在边远地区的抵抗已中断，定居向西延伸到内布拉斯加州的锅柄地区。20世纪之初，内布拉斯加历经一场短暂但具影响力的平民党运动。1937年设立一院制议会，在美国是独一无二的。该州大部分为农业区，其工业包括食品加工业和机械业。主要矿藏为石油。除首府林肯外，奥马哈是另一个文化和工业中心。
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Nebraska
State (pop., 1997 est.: 1,657,000), western central U.S. It covers 77,355 sq mi (200,349 sq km); its capital is Lincoln. The Missouri River is on its eastern boundary. The North Platte and South Platte unite in southwestern central Nebraska to form the Platte River. Various prehistoric peoples inhabited the area as early as 8000 BC. Indian tribes living in the area include Pawnee, Ute, and Omaha in the east and Sioux, Arapaho, and Comanche in the west. The U.S. bought the territory from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition visited the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. It became part of Nebraska Territory with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state in 1867. Soon after, population increased, and as Indian resistance on the frontier was broken, settlement extended to Nebraska's panhandle. At the turn of the 20th century, it experienced a short but influential Populist movement. In 1937 it established a unicameral legislature, the only one in the nation. Most of the state is agricultural; its industries include food processing and machinery. Petroleum is the principal mineral resource. In addition to Lincoln, Omaha is the state's other cultural and industrial center.