Omaha and Hocąk Clans Compared
Omaha | Hocąk | Comment | ||||
Moiety | Clan | Subclan | Division | Clan | Subclan | |
Hañgacenu | Wejiⁿcte, Elk | Elk | ||||
Iñke-sabĕ, Black Shoulder, a buffalo clan | Buffalo | |||||
Hañga, Ancestral, or Foremost, a buffalo clan | ||||||
¢atada, meaning uncertain | Wasabĕ-hit‘ajĭ, Touch not the Skin of a Black Bear (Bear people) |
Wasabe, Black Bear | Bear | Black Bear | ||
Maⁿtcu, Grizzly Bear | Gray or Blue (Grizzly) Bear | |||||
Miʞa, Raccoon | - | |||||
Pahiⁿ, Porcupine | - | |||||
Wajiñga ¢atajĭ, Eat no Small Birds, Bird people. |
- | Pigeon | Cf. the Missouria Small Bird Clan | |||
Hawk | Hawk | |||||
Owl and Magpie | The Chiwere Owl Clans correspond to the Hocąk Hawk Clan | |||||
Blackbird | - | - | ||||
Thunder | Thunder | |||||
ʞe-‘iⁿ, Carry a Turtle on the Back, Turtle people. | Waterspirit? | |||||
ʞaⁿze, Wind people. | - | |||||
Ictasanda | Maⁿ¢iñka-gaxe, Earth-Lodge Makers, Coyote and Wolf people. | Wolf | ||||
ʇe-sĭnde, Buffalo Tail; a buffalo calf clan | Buffalo? | |||||
Iñg¢e-jide, Red Dung, a buffalo calf clan | ||||||
ʇa-da, Deer Head, a deer clan | Deer | |||||
Ictasanda, meaning uncertain ("Gray Eyes" ?), Reptile Thunder people. | Real Thunder people | Thunder | Ictasanda refers to effect of lightning on the eyes | |||
Real Ictasanda people | - | |||||
Keepers of the Pipe | - | |||||
Reptile people | Snake | |||||
- | Eagle | |||||
- | Fish |
Cf. for other comparisons to Hocąk clans, see Winnebago-Chiwere Clan System, Quapah Origins, Quapah-Winnebago-Chiwere Clans, and Osage and Hocąk Clans Compared.
Source
Rev. James Owen Dorsey, "The Social Organization of the Siouan Tribes," The Journal of American Folklore, 4, #14 (July - Sept., 1891): 257-266 [264-266].