Bladder and sinew of male elk not touched by Elk gens (Om.). Elk not eaten by part of Nika[p]aɔna gens (P.). Turtles not eaten by Turtle sub-gens (Om.). Black bear skin not touched by-- 1. Black bear sub-gens (Om.). 2. Black bear sub-gens (P.). Wild-cat skin, not touched by pipe sub-gens of Deer gens (Om.). Cranes and swans not eaten by part of Hañga gens (Om.). Swans not touched (formerly?) by Miⁿxasaⁿ wet‘ajĭ sub-gens of Maⁿ-ȼiñka-gaxe gens (Om.). Small birds not eaten by Wajiñga-ȼatajĭ (Blackbird or Small bird) sub-gens of the Ȼatada gens (Om.). They can eat wild turkeys, ducks, geese, swans, cranes. When members of this sub-gens are sick they can eat grouse. (Small birds) blackbirds, (_black_ ones), swallows, and grouse not eaten by part of Hisada gens (P.). Reptiles neither touched nor eaten by-- 1. Ictasanda gens (Om.). 2. Wajaje gens (P.). Blood not touched by part of the Ȼixida gens (P.), hence their name, Wami it‘ajĭ. Red corn not eaten by a sub-gens of the Iñke-sabĕ gens (Om.). Charcoal not touched by-- 1. A sub-gens of the Iñke-sabĕ gens (Om.). 2. The Pipe sub-gens of the Deer gens (Om.). 3. A sub-gens of the Ȼixida gens (P.). 4. The Pipe sub-gens of the Wajaje gens (P.). Verdigris not touched by-- 1. [K]aⁿze gens (Om.). 2. Pipe sub-gens of Deer gens (Om.). 3. Part of the Ȼixida gens (P.). 4. Pipe sub-gens of the Wajaje gens (P.). FETICHISM. § 58. According to Dr. Tylor, “Fetichism is the doctrine of spirits embodied in, or attached to, or conveying influence through, certain material objects.”[68] Fetiches may be regarded as of two kinds--those pertaining to the tribe or gens, and those belonging to individual members of the social organization. Some fetiches are amulets, others are charms. FETICHES OF THE TRIBE AND GENS. § 59. _Omaha tribal fetiches._--The sacred pole and white buffalo hide, in the keeping of the Hañga gens until a few years ago, but now in the Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology at Cambridge, Mass., were regarded by the Omaha as “wakanda egaⁿ,” i.e., “like Wakandas,” or “partaking of the nature of deities.” During the public thanksgiving after the buffalo hunt, prayer was made towards the sacred pole.[69]