Omaha-Ponca

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While Omaha-Ponca would seem the most likely suspect because the Omaha and Ponca were conveniently nearby, the Kansa and Osage were also originally both below the Platte along the Missouri and their languages are also plausible sources for the names of major tributaries upstream...

languagehat.com: KOONTZ ON SIOUXAN LANGUAGES. 2004
Maybe final "ka" did represent phonetic /ka/ LCPA kah, in which case, it would have to be a Dhegiha form something like the Omaha-Ponca version that was the source.

languagehat.com: KOONTZ ON SIOUXAN LANGUAGES. 2004