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  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
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  Tezhe'btho° 
  Tezhe', 
  buffalo 
  dung; 
  btho™, 
  smell. 
  

  

  Thicpo"'bi 
  To 
  feel 
  of. 
  Refers 
  to 
  corn. 
  (See 
  ritual, 
  p. 
  266.) 
  

  

  Thigi'ge 
  The 
  sound 
  made 
  by 
  corn 
  husks 
  when 
  pulled 
  apart. 
  (See 
  

  

  ritual, 
  p. 
  266.) 
  

  

  Ushko"'bitega 
  Ushko", 
  wallow; 
  bitega, 
  making 
  anew 
  or 
  afresh. 
  

  

  Uthu'shino"zhi" 
  Uihu'shi, 
  at 
  the 
  front; 
  no^zhi", 
  to 
  stand. 
  Refers 
  in 
  the 
  Sacred 
  

  

  Pole. 
  

  

  Wano 
  n 
  'shekithabi 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  made 
  soldier. 
  

  

  Washi 
  n/ 
  une 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  fat 
  for 
  the 
  anointing 
  of 
  the 
  Pole. 
  

  

  Wathi'i 
  D 
  ge 
  Braided 
  ears 
  of 
  corn. 
  

  

  We'kushto" 
  IIV7./I, 
  In 
  give 
  feasts; 
  shto", 
  frequent. 
  Appears 
  in 
  Omaha 
  

  

  treaty 
  of 
  1830. 
  

  

  Xtha'gaxe 
  To 
  blossom. 
  Refers 
  to 
  corn. 
  (See 
  ritual, 
  p. 
  266). 
  

  

  Zho 
  n 
  co 
  n 
  '. 
  White 
  wood. 
  

  

  Fanciful 
  names 
  

  

  Mo"chu'no 
  n 
  ba 
  Two 
  grizzly 
  bears. 
  

  

  Shaa"' 
  Name 
  by 
  which 
  Dakota 
  are 
  designated. 
  

  

  Female 
  names 
  

  

  I 
  "shta'mo 
  " 
  v 
  e 
  wi 
  a 
  I^shta, 
  eye; 
  mo 
  n 
  ge, 
  metal, 
  iron; 
  wi 
  n 
  , 
  female 
  term. 
  Two 
  of 
  

  

  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi 
  / 
  gasho"thi 
  n 
  The 
  traveling 
  moon. 
  Four 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  

  

  Mi'gthito"i 
  n 
  Return 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  

  

  Mi'mite 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Four 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi 
  / 
  mo"shihathi" 
  Moon 
  moving 
  on 
  high. 
  

  

  Mi'wago" 
  The 
  white 
  moon. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxti, 
  Hi'cada 
  

  

  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   No^zhe'gito 
  11 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida 
  and 
  

  

  in 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   To 
  a/ 
  i 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  New 
  moon 
  moving. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

   We'to^ethi" 
  One 
  who 
  gives 
  hope. 
  (From 
  uto 
  n 
  bethe, 
  to 
  hope 
  or 
  to 
  wish 
  for.) 
  

  

  (In 
  Tnpa' 
  gens 
  also.) 
  

  

  Wathi'tn" 
  {hereditary 
  servers) 
  subdivision 
  

   Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  Gacu'be 
  Appearance 
  of 
  buffalo 
  running 
  against 
  wind. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ha'xigi 
  Name 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  man, 
  mythical 
  . 
  

  

  Ho 
  n/ 
  gaxti 
  Xti, 
  real. 
  Real 
  or 
  original 
  Ho"'ga. 
  

  

  I 
  "shta'pa 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Kage'zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Kage', 
  younger 
  brother; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little. 
  Child's 
  name. 
  

  

  Ni'kadathi 
  " 
  Ni'ka, 
  man 
  ; 
  dalhi 
  n 
  , 
  crazy. 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  shto 
  n/ 
  azhi 
  No 
  n 
  shto", 
  to 
  stop; 
  azhi, 
  not. 
  He 
  does 
  not 
  stop. 
  

  

  Sho 
  D/ 
  geho 
  n 
  ga 
  Ilorse 
  leader. 
  Old 
  meaning, 
  Wolf 
  leader. 
  

  

  Uthu'shino 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  Uthushi, 
  in 
  front; 
  nonzhi", 
  stands. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  Sacred 
  

  

  Pole. 
  

  

  Fanciful 
  nanns 
  

   I 
  n 
  cho 
  Q/ 
  gatha 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  