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  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
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  other 
  division 
  was 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  two 
  kinship 
  groups 
  which 
  never 
  

   changed 
  their 
  positions 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  

   division 
  of 
  the 
  tribal 
  circle 
  (see 
  p. 
  58). 
  These 
  two 
  unchangeable 
  

   groups 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  north, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance. 
  

   They 
  represented 
  the 
  ideas 
  which 
  were 
  symbolized 
  in 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

   I 
  n 
  shta'cu 
  n 
  da 
  half, 
  the 
  Sky 
  people; 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  three, 
  which 
  

   camped 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance, 
  in 
  both 
  position 
  and 
  

   duties 
  resembled 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'gashenu 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe, 
  and 
  

   were 
  the 
  Earth 
  people, 
  on 
  whom 
  devolved 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  

   welfare 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  Here, 
  again, 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  tribal 
  order 
  standinsr 
  

   for 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  sky 
  and 
  earth, 
  the 
  masculine 
  and 
  feminine 
  forces 
  

   from 
  whose 
  union 
  all 
  living 
  things 
  arise. 
  

  

  The 
  Kansa 
  and 
  Quapaw 
  tribes 
  also 
  were 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  parts 
  

   each, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  fragmentary 
  information 
  obtainable 
  they 
  seem 
  

   to 
  have 
  embodied 
  the 
  same 
  ideas 
  as 
  those 
  found 
  among 
  their 
  kin- 
  

   dred 
  tribes; 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  well 
  established 
  

   that 
  the 
  ideas 
  and 
  beliefs 
  which 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe 
  shows 
  

   were 
  fundamental 
  to 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  that 
  tribe 
  were 
  basic 
  also 
  

   in 
  their 
  close 
  cognates, 
  the 
  Ponca, 
  Osage, 
  Kansa, 
  and 
  Quapaw; 
  and 
  

   further 
  research 
  may 
  show 
  that 
  these 
  ideas 
  were 
  a 
  common 
  and 
  

   formative 
  power 
  in 
  other 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Siouan 
  linguistic 
  stock. 
  

  

  The 
  Hu'thuga 
  — 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribal 
  form 
  

  

  Fig. 
  20. 
  Diagram 
  of 
  Omaha 
  hu'lhuga 
  (tribal 
  circle). 
  

  

  A. 
  I 
  n 
  siita'<;u 
  n 
  da 
  Division. 
  B. 
  Ho 
  n 
  'gashenu 
  Division. 
  1. 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte. 
  Subgens: 
  None. 
  

   2. 
  I 
  n 
  ke'cabe. 
  Subgentes: 
  (a) 
  Nini'bato"; 
  (6) 
  Wathi'gizhe. 
  3. 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga. 
  Subgentes: 
  (a) 
  Wax- 
  

   the'xeto"; 
  (6) 
  Washa'beto". 
  4. 
  Tha'tada. 
  Subdivisions: 
  (a') 
  Xulja; 
  (a) 
  Waca'be 
  itazhi; 
  (fc) 
  Wa- 
  

   zhi»'ga 
  itazhi; 
  (c) 
  Ke'i»; 
  (d) 
  Te'pa 
  itazhi. 
  5. 
  Ko 
  N 
  'fE. 
  Subgentes: 
  (a) 
  Tade'tada; 
  (6) 
  NiniT>ato°. 
  

  

  6. 
  Mo 
  n 
  'thi 
  n 
  k_agaxe. 
  Subdivisions: 
  (a) 
  XuT>e; 
  (6) 
  MiTjaci; 
  (c) 
  Mi'xacoN 
  (d) 
  Nini'bato". 
  

  

  7. 
  Tec;i 
  n 
  'de. 
  Subdivisions: 
  (a) 
  Teci»'de; 
  (6) 
  Nini'bato". 
  8. 
  Tapa'. 
  Subdivisions: 
  (a) 
  Tapa'xte; 
  

   (6) 
  Thunder 
  rites; 
  (c) 
  Star 
  rites; 
  (d) 
  Nini'bato". 
  9. 
  I 
  n 
  gthe'zhide. 
  No 
  subdivisions. 
  10. 
  I 
  n 
  shta'- 
  

   (,u 
  n 
  da. 
  Subgens: 
  (a) 
  Lost 
  gens; 
  (6) 
  Nini'bato"; 
  (c) 
  Washe'to". 
  11. 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  of 
  War. 
  12. 
  Tent 
  

   of 
  Sacred 
  Pole. 
  13. 
  Tent 
  of 
  Sacred 
  White 
  Buffalo 
  Hide. 
  

  

  