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Modern Spelling |
TRANSLATION |
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Tribal Division |
haⁿ-ka |
Ancestral |
Earth People |
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we-s'a |
serpent |
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maⁿ-shka |
crawfish |
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wa-zhiⁿ-ka |
small bird |
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te |
buffalo |
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oⁿ-pʰoⁿ |
elk |
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xi-da |
eagle |
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to-xe |
reddish yellow buffalo |
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shoⁿ-ke |
dog/wolf |
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Tribal Division |
ti-zho |
Tizho |
Sky People |
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Clans |
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ho |
fish |
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ni-ki-a-ta |
unknown |
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ke |
turtle |
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Other clans not identified by Division |
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naⁿ-paⁿ-ta |
deer |
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wa-sa |
black bear |
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maⁿ-tʰo |
grizzly bear |
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zha-we |
beaver |
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pe-tʰaⁿ |
crane |
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taⁿ-daⁿ |
panther or mountain lion |
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Sub-clans |
mi |
sun |
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mi-ka-x'e |
star |
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wa-kaⁿ-ta |
thunder being |
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mi-oⁿ-pa |
moon |
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Sources: Dorsey Interviews from
1891-1897: 229-230 with Alphonsus Valliere, Mrs.
Stafford, George Red Eagle and Buffalo Calf. Dorsey
stated "The only persons capable of giving the
(fully) needed information were among those Kwapa who
(still) resided on Osage reservation. |
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