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SIOUAN SOCIOLOGY 



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The Ma"(|'irika-gaxe siibf^entes, as tiiveii by Lion, were: 1, .Mbpisi, 

 Coyote aud Wolf people. 2, I"'i"'-waqube-a((;i", Keepers-of-tbe-raysteri- 

 oiis-stones. 3, Niniba-t'a", KeeptM's-oftb('-]>i])e. 4, Mi"\a-.sa" wet'ajl. 

 Toucb(es)-uot-swans. (Jange-ska, ^^llit^i Horse, chief of tbe Ma"^-irika- 

 gaxe (in 1878-1880) named three subgeutes, thus: 1, Qube, Mysterious 

 person, a modern name (probably iiichidiiiir the ]\ri>jasi and I'"r-wa(|nbe- 

 ai|'i", and (certainly consisting of the descendants of the cliief Wajifiga- 

 sabe or Blackbird). 2, Niniba t'a". 3, Mi"xa-sa"wet'aji. 



The xa-da wore divided into fonr parts: 1, Ninibat'a", Kee])crs-of- 

 the ])ii)e, nndcr Lion. 2, Na(i(|-e it'aji, Touchesiio-cbarcoal, under Hoy 

 Chief. 3, Thunder-people, under Pawnee Chict. 4, Deer-people, under 

 Sinde xa"xa" (Deer's-) tail-showsredat-intervals (asit-bounds-away). 



The Tctasanda gens also was in four parts: 1, Xinibat'a", Keepers- 

 ofthe jiipe. 2, Real Ictasanda people. (Numbers I and 2 were con- 

 solidat('d i)rior to 1880.) 3, Waceta" or Reptile people, sometimes called 

 Keepers-of-tbe-claws-of-a-wildcat. 4, Real Thunder ])eople, or Those- 



who-do-not-touch-a-clam shell, or Keepers- 

 of-the-clamshell-aad-the-tooth-of -a- black- 

 bear. 



The social orgaidzation of the Omaha 

 has been treated at length by the author 

 in his paper on Omaha Sociology.' 



THE PONKA 



The Ponka tribal circle was divided 

 ecjually between the Tci"ju and Wajaje 

 half-tribes. To the former belonged two 

 phratries of two gentes each, i. e., num- 

 bers 1 to 4, inclusive, and to the latter 

 two similar phratries, including gentes 5 to 8. 



Tci"ju half-tribe — Thunder or Fire phratry: Gens 1, Ilisada, Legs- 

 stretcbed-outstifl:(refers to a dead (juadruped) ; Thunder people. Gens 

 2, Toucii-not-the-skin-of-a-black-bear. Wind-makers or War phratry: 

 Gens 3, (fixida. Wildcat (in two subgentes: 1, Sinde-ag(j;e, Wears-tails, 

 i. e., locks of hair; Na(ife-it'ajT, Does-not-tonch-charcoal; and Waseju- 

 it'aji, Does-not-touch-verdigris. 2, Wami-it'aJT, Does-nottouchblood). 

 Gens 4, Nika-da-ona, "Bald human-head;" Elk people (in at least three 

 subgentes: 1, xe-sTndeit'aji. Does not-touch-a-buflalo-tail; 2, j^e (Jeze 

 fataji, Does-not-eat-buffalo-tongues; 3, ^a'lti ki A"])a" (J'ataji, Does-not- 

 eat deer and elk). 



Wajaje half-tribe — Earth i)hratry: Gens 5, Ma^pi", .Medicine, a buf- 

 falo gens, also called xesi'ide it'aji, Does-not-touch-burtalo-tails (in 

 two subgentes: 1, Real Ponka, Keepers-of-a-sain-ed-piiie; 2, Gray 

 Ponka). Gens 6, Wacabe, Dark buffalo (in two subgentes: 1, xe-sinde, 



Fio. 36— Poiika canipiug circle. 



• Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1881-82. 



