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10 _sara (extinct)_
A. Sara (Tall grass).
B. Keyauwi (meaning unknown).
4 _winnebago_
1 _dakota-asiniboin_
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5 _mandan_
Mandan (their own name is questionable; Catlin says they called themselves See-pohs-kah-nu-mah-kah-kee, People of the pheasants;(13) Prince Maximilian says they called themselves Numangkake, Men, adding usually the name of their village, and that an...
8 _monakan_
Monakan confederacy. A. Monakan (Country [people of?]), ? extinct. B. Meipontsky (meaning unknown), extinct. C. ?Mahoc (meaning unknown), extinct. D. Nuntaneuck or Nuntaly (meaning unknown), extinct. E. Mohetan (People of the eart...
4 _winnebago_
Winnebago (Algonquian designation, meaning Turbid water people?) or Ho-tcan-ga-ra (People of the parent speech), mostly on Winnebago reservation in Nebraska, some in Wisconsin, and a few in Michigan; composition never definitely ascertained; compris...
10 _sara (extinct)_
A. Sara (Tall grass). B. Keyauwi (meaning unknown). ...
1 _dakota-asiniboin_
Dakota (Friendly) or Ot´-ce-ti ca-ko-win (Seven council-fires) confederacy, comprising-- A. Santee, including Mde-wa-kan´-ton-wan (Spirit Lake village) and Wa-qpe´-ku-te (Shoot among deciduous trees), mostly located in Knox coun...
11 _? Pedee (extinct)_
A. Pedee (meaning unknown). B. Waccamaw (meaning unknown). C. Winyaw (meaning unknown). D. Hooks and Backhooks(?). The definition of the first six of these divisions is based on extended researches among the tribes and in the literat...
9 _catawba Or Ni-ya (people)_
A. Catawba (meaning unknown; they called themselves Ni-ya, Men in the comprehensive sense), nearly extinct. B. Woccon (meaning unknown), extinct. C. ? Sissipahaw (meaning unknown), extinct. D. ? Cape Fear (proper name unknown), ex...
3 _{~latin Small Letter Turned T~}{~latin Small Letter Open O~}iwe´re_ (_people Of This Place_)
A. Iowa or Pa-qo-tce (Dusty-heads), chiefly on Great Nemaha reservation, Kansas and Nebraska, partly on Sac and Fox reservation, Indian Territory. B. Oto or Wa-to´-ta (Aphrodisian), on Otoe reservation, Indian Terr...
2 _cegiha_ (_people Dwelling Here_)(9)
A. Omaha or U-man-han (Upstream people), located on Omaha reservation, Nebraska, comprising in 1819 (according to James)(10)-- a. Honga-sha-no tribe, including-- 1. Wase-ish-ta band. 2. Enk-ka-sa-...
Alphabet
a, as in father. 'a, an initially exploded a. a, as in what, or as o in not. 'a, an initially exploded a. ae, as in hat. c, as sh in she. See s. {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}, a medial sh, a sonant-surd c (Dakota letter), as ch i...
Cegiha
According to tribal traditions collected by Dorsey, the ancestors of the Omaha, Ponka, Elwapa, Osage, and Kansa were originally one people dwelling on Ohio and Wabash rivers, but gradually working westward. The first separation took place at the m...
Dakota Social Customs
Among the eastern Dakota the phratry was never a permanent organization, but it was resorted to on special occasions and for various purposes, such as war or the buffalo hunt. The exponent of the phratry was the tiyotipi or soldiers' lodge, which ...
Dakota-asiniboin
The Dakota are mentioned in the Jesuit Relations as early as 1639-40; the tradition is noted that the Ojibwa, on arriving at the Great Lakes in an early migration from the Atlantic coast, encountered representatives of the great confederacy of the...
Designation And Mode Of Camping
The Dakota call themselves Otceti cakowin (Oceti sakowin(1)), The Seven Fireplaces or Council-fires. This designation refers to their original gentes, the Mdewakantonwan (Mdewakan-tonwan), Waqpekute (Wahpe-kute), Waqpe-tonwan (Wahpetonwan), Sisito...