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Siouan Sociology
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FIG. 37.—Kansa camping circle.
Among the Omaha the Yata people are those who camp on the yata or left side of the tribal circle; the Ictŭñga people, those who camp on the Ictŭñga or right side. The tribe is divided into seven phratries, or, as the Kansa style each, wayuⁿmiⁿdaⁿ, (i. e., those who sing together), as follows:
Phratries | Gentes | Subgentes |
I | 1. Maⁿyiñka, Earth, or Earth-lodge-makers. | a, Maⁿyinka tañga, Large earth. b, Maⁿyiñka gaxe and Maⁿyiñka jiñga, Small earth. |
II | 2. Ta, Deer, or Tajaje, Osage. | a, Taqtci, Real deer. n, Ta yatcajĭ, Eat-no-deer, or Ta ts'eyě, Kills-deer, or Wadjüta ts'eyĕ, Kills-quadrupeds. |
III | 3. Pañka, Ponka | a, Pañk unikaciⁿga, Ponka people. b, Qŭndj-alaⁿ, Wears-red-cedar (-fronds)-on-their-heads. |