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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRTBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  

  

  a 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  tribal 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  Chiefs, 
  when 
  that 
  body 
  was 
  

   instituted. 
  The 
  names 
  in 
  this 
  subgens 
  which 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  eagle 
  refer 
  

   also 
  to 
  this 
  ceremonial 
  pipe. 
  The 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  subgens 
  had 
  an 
  official 
  

   position 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  bearers 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tribal 
  Pipes 
  when 
  they 
  

   were 
  ceremonially 
  smoked. 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  was 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  No 
  member 
  of 
  this 
  subgens 
  

   would 
  touch 
  a 
  spoon 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  horn 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  of 
  children 
  of 
  this 
  

   subgens 
  did 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  tabu 
  of 
  the 
  gens, 
  but 
  

   to 
  the 
  eagle, 
  which 
  was 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  pipe. 
  

   The 
  hair 
  was 
  cut 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  except 
  a 
  square 
  

   tuft 
  over 
  the 
  forehead, 
  a 
  similar 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  nape 
  

   of 
  the 
  neck, 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  lock 
  over 
  each 
  ear 
  (fig. 
  

   33). 
  The 
  head, 
  tail, 
  and 
  two 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  eagle 
  

   were 
  thus 
  represented. 
  

  

  The 
  pipes 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  Wa'wa" 
  ceremony 
  could 
  

   be 
  painted 
  on 
  the 
  tents 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  gens, 
  

   one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  tent. 
  

   This 
  subgens 
  camped 
  next 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Ke'i". 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  THa'taIJA 
  GENS 
  (4) 
  

  

  Wiiru'lu 
  itazhi 
  subgi 
  ns 
  a 
  

  

  Fig. 
  33. 
  Cut 
  of 
  hair 
  

   To 
  'pa 
  itazhi 
  subgens. 
  

  

  Cida 
  / 
  rno 
  n 
  thi" 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Gada'ka 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Giha'zhi 
  Probable 
  meaning: 
  Unkempt. 
  

  

  Gi'thiko"bi 
  He 
  to 
  whom 
  a 
  place 
  is 
  yielded. 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  ahta 
  / 
  duba 
  fashta, 
  eyes; 
  duba, 
  four. 
  (In 
  Waga'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Kaxe'katithe 
  Kaxe', 
  crow; 
  /.-a, 
  sound 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  crow; 
  tithe, 
  passing. 
  

  

  Ku'wi 
  n 
  xegthitho" 
  Whirling 
  around. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  'shkaaxa 
  Mnn'shha, 
  crawfish: 
  aza, 
  to 
  cry 
  for. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mo°thi'uke 
  The 
  digger 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  (Real 
  name 
  of 
  Xa'debano".) 
  

  

  No 
  n/ 
  kaxude 
  No^ha, 
  back; 
  xu<h 
  , 
  gray. 
  

  

  No"'pabi 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  feared. 
  (In 
  Ei'cada, 
  Ponca.') 
  

  

  Pi'cithi"ge 
  Pi'ci, 
  gall; 
  thfage, 
  without, 
  none. 
  Appears 
  in 
  Omaha 
  

  

  treaties 
  of 
  1815, 
  1836. 
  

  

  Shui'na 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Waga'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Tepa'uthixaga 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Te'thiti 
  Buffalo 
  ribs. 
  In 
  Omaha 
  treaties 
  of 
  1826, 
  1845. 
  

  

  To"ga'gaxe 
  .-. 
  . 
  Pretentions 
  to 
  greatness, 
  self-importance 
  

  

  U'xthetego" 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Waca'apa 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca. 
  1 
  

  

  Waca'be 
  Black 
  bear. 
  

  

  \Vaca'bczhi"ga 
  Black 
  bear: 
  :lti"'i/u, 
  young, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Wnc.a'be, 
  Ponca. 
  I 
  

  

  Waue'xa 
  To 
  laugh 
  at. 
  He 
  who 
  laughs. 
  

  

  