10. Okopeya, In-danger. An offshoot of the Ti-zaptan.
11. Kap’oja (Kapoźa), Those-who-travel-with-light-burdens. (See number 3
of the Mdewakantonwan.)
12. Amdo-wapuskiyapi, Those-who-lay-meat-on-their-shoulders
(amdo)-to-dry-it (wapuskiya)-during-the-hunt.
[Illustration: FIG. 31.—Sisseton camping circle.]
FIG. 31.—Sisseton camping circle.
THE IHAÑKTONWAN OR YANKTON
The Yankton and Yanktonai speak the Yankton dialect, which has many words
in common with the Teton.
In 1878 Walking Elk wrote the names of the Yankton gentes in the following
order: 1, Tcan-kute (Ćaɳ kute), Shoot-in-the-woods; 2, Tcaxu (Ćaġu),
Lights or lungs; 3, Wakmuha-oin (Wakmuha oiɳ),Pumpkin-rind-earring; 4,
Ihaisdaye, Mouth-greasers; 5, Watceunpa (Waćeuɳpa), Roasters; 6, Ikmun
(Ikmuɳ), An animal of the cat kind (lynx, panther, or wildcat); 7,
Oyate-citca (Oyate-ṡiċa), Bad-nation; 8, Wacitcun-tcintca (Waṡićaɳ-ćiɳċa)
(a modern addition), Sons-of-white-men, the "Half-blood band." But in 1891
Reverend Joseph W. Cook, who has been missionary to the Yankton since
1870, obtained from several men the following order of gentes (ignoring
the half-bloods): On the right side of the circle were, 1, Iha isdaye; 2,
Wakmuha-oin; 3, Ikmun. On the left side of the circle were, 4, Watceunpa;
5, Tcan-kute; 6, Oyate-citca; and, 7, Tcaxu.
THE IHAÑKTONWANNA OR YANKTONAI
The Yanktonai are divided into the Upper and Lower Yanktonai, the latter
being known as the Huñkpatina, Those-camping-at-one-end (or
"horn")-of-the-tribal-circle.
The Upper Yanktonai geutes are as follows: 1, Tcan-ona (Ćaɳ ona),
Shoot-at-trees, or Wazi-kute, Shooters-among-the-pines; from these the
Ho-he or Asiniboin have sprung. 2, Takini, Improved-in-condition (as a
lean animal or a poor man). 3, Cikcitcena (Ṡikṡićena),
Bad-ones-of-different-sorts. 4, Bakihon (Bakihoɳ),
Gash-themselves-with-knives. 5, Kiyuksa, Breakers (of the law or custom);
see Mdewakantonwan gens number 1. 6, Pa-baksa, Cut-heads; some of these
are on Devils Lake reservation, North Dakota. 7, Name forgotten.
The following are the gentes of the Lower Yanktonai, or Huñkpatina: 1,
Pute-temini, Sweat-lips; the gens of Maxa-bomdu or Drifting Goose. 2,
Gŭn-iktceka (Ṡuɳ ikćeka), Common dogs. 3, Taquha-yuta (Taḣuha-yuta),
Eat-the-scrapings-of-hides. 4, San-ona (Saɳ-ona),
Shot-at-some-white-object; this name originated from killing an albino
buffalo; a Huñkpapa chief said that refugees or strangers from another
tribe were so called. 5, Iha-ca (Iha-ṡa), Red-lips. 6, Ite-xu (Ite-ġu),
Burned-face. 7, Pte-yute-cni (Pte-yute-ṡni), Eat-no-buffalo-cows.
THE TITONWAN OR TETON
TRIBAL DIVISIONS
The Teton are divided into seven tribes, which were formerly gentes. These
are the Sitcanxu (Sićanġu), Itaziptco (Itazipćo), Siha-sapa, Minikooju
(Minikooźu), Oohe-nonpa (Oohe-noɳpa), Oglala, and Huñkpapa.
THE SITCANXU
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