CONTENTS 



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Int roduction 29 



Child-naming rituals 31 



Birth names of the Puma gens 31 



The first three sons 31 



The first three daughters 32 



Sky names 32 



Child-naming ritual of the Puma gens 33 



Ceremony of decorating the Xo'-ka 33 



Ki'-no" Wi'-gi-e 34 



Wa'-tse-tsi and the Xsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge gentes 35 



Tsi Ta'-pe (approach to the house) 36 



The Wa-the'-the ceremony 38 



Zha'-zhe Ki-to" Wi'-gi-e (name taking) 40 



Old-age Wi'-gi-e 45 



Wi'-gi-e of the Wa'-tse-tsi gens 47 



Wi'-gi-e of the Bow people 47 



Earth names and wi'-gi-es 48 



Wi'-gi-e of the Wa'-tse-gi-tsi (Wa-tse'-mo"-!") 51 



Special instructions to the mother 54 



Origin Wi'-gi-e of the Tho'-xe gens 56 



Child-naming ritvial of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens 59 



Certain gentes called to take part in the ceremony 59 



Wa-zho'-i-ga-the (Life symbol) Wi'-gi-e 60 



The Xo'-ka ceremonially conducted to the child's house 67 



A life symbol sent to each of the officiating gentes 68 



Gentes recite their wi'-gi-es simultaneously 68 



The child is passed from gens to gens to be blessed 71 



First child-naming wi'-gi-e of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no" gens 75 



The gentile hair cut of children 87 



Hair cut of the fsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens 89 



Paraphrase of the wi'-gi-e of the Red Eagle gens 90 



Wi'-gi-e of the Ni'-ka Wa-ko°-da-gi and the Tho'-xe gentes 93 



Fondness of personal adornment 95 



Ear perforating 95 



Ki'-no" Wi'-gi-e in Osage 96 



Tsi Ta'-pe Wa-tho" and Wi'-gi-e in Osage 97 



Zha'-zhe Ki-to° Wi'-gi-e in Osage 97 



U'-no° Wi-gi-e in Osage 101 



Wa-zho'-i-ga-the Wi'-gi-e in Osage 103 



Zha'-zhe Ki-to" Wi'-gi-e in Osage 110 



Wa-zho'-i-ga-the Wi'-gi-e in Osage 113 



Native names of Osage full bloods 122 



Names of the gentes and subgentes 122 



Wa'-tse-tsi or Po"'-ka Wa-shta-ge 124 



Ta' I-ni-ica-shi-ga 128 



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