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Siouan Sociology
Wakaⁿ (Wakaɳ), Mysterious. 9, Hŭⁿska-tcaⁿtojuha (Huɳska-ćaɳtoźuha), Legging-tobacco-pouch.
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FIG. 33.—Oglala camping circle.
The real foundation for the totemic system exists among the Dakota, as well as among the other Siouan tribes and the Iroquois, in the names of men often being taken from mythical animals, but, in the opinion of Dr. S. R. Riggs, the system was never carried to perfection.
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 has been described at length by Dr. Riggs.[1]
- ↑ Contributions to North American Ethnology, vol. ix., pp. 195–202.
