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; comprised in 1850 (according to
Schoolcraft(12)) twenty-one bands, all west of the Mississippi, viz.:
a. Little Mills' band.
b. Little Dekonie's band.
c. Maw-kuh-soonch-kaw's band.
d. Ho-pee-kaw's band.
e. Waw-kon-haw-kaw's band.
f. Baptiste's band.
g. Wee-noo-shik's band.
h. Con-a-ha-ta-kaw's band.
i. Paw-sed-ech-kaw's band.
j. Taw-nu-nuk's band.
k. Ah-hoo-zeeb-kaw's band.
l. Is-chaw-go-baw-kaw's band.
m. Watch-ha-ta-kaw's band.
n. Waw-maw-noo-kaw-kaw's band.
o. Waw-kon-chaw-zu-kaw's band.
p. Good Thunder's band.
q. Koog-ay-ray-kaw's band.
r. Black Hawk's band.
s. Little Thunder's band.
t. Naw-key-ku-kaw's band.
u. O-chin-chin-nu-kaw's band.
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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... Extent Of The Stock
Out of some sixty aboriginal stocks or families found in North America above the Tropic of Cancer, about five-sixths were confined to the tenth of the territory bordering Pacific ocean; the remaining nine-tenths of the land was occupied by a few s... General Features Of Organization
In the study of the organization of societies, units of different orders are discovered. Among the tribes of the Siouan family the primary unit is the clan or gens, which is composed of a number of consanguinei, claiming descent from a common ance... Habitat
Excepting the Asiniboin, who are chiefly in Canada, nearly all of the Siouan Indians are now gathered on the reservations indicated on earlier pages, most of these reservations lying within the aboriginal territory of the stock. At the advent o... Hidatsa
There has been much confusion concerning the definition and designation of the Hidatsa Indians. They were formerly known as Minitari or Gros Ventres of the Missouri, in distinction from the Gros Ventres of the plains, who belong to another stock. ... Industrial And Esthetic Arts
Since the arts of primitive people reflect environmental conditions with close fidelity, and since the Siouan Indians were distributed over a vast territory varying in climate, hydrography, geology, fauna, and flora, their industrial and esthetic ... Institutions
Among civilized peoples, institutions are crystallized in statutes about nuclei of common law or custom; among peoples in the prescriptorial culture-stage statutes are unborn, and various mnemonic devices are employed for fixing and perpetuating i... Mandan
The Mandan had a vague tradition of emigration from the eastern part of the country, and Lewis and Clark, Prince Maximilian, and others found traces of Mandan house-structures at various points along the Missouri; thus they appear to have ascended... Organization
The demotic organization of the Siouan peoples, so far as known, is set forth in considerable detail in Mr Dorsey's treatises(52) and in the foregoing enumeration of tribes, confederacies, and other linguistic groups. Like the other aborigines ...