Osage Clans

Osage and Hočąk Clans Compared

Osage			Hočąk		Comment
Moiety	Clan	Subclan	Clan	Subclan
Sky People	Sky		-
	Elder Sky		-
	Buffalo-Face
	Gentle Sky
	Wolf		Wolf
	Sun Carrier		-		The Sun Carrier and the Night Clans might correspond to the Hočąk Hawk Clan and its equivalent, the Chiwere Owl Clan.
	Night
	Last Sky
	Last to Come		-		The Hočągara say that the Wolf-Dog was the last to come, the Osage say the opposite.
	Men of Mystery		Thunderbird, Hawk		The Men of Mystery are also called "Thunder People", and one of their life symbols is the cloudy region of the sky.
	Buffalo-Bull		Buffalo		The Buffalo Clan among the Hočągara is associated with the Thunder Clan, the clan of the chief, by virtue of being his town criers.
Earth People	Land People		-
	Eagle		Eagle		Eagles are caught by hunters concealed in pits.
	Bear		Bear
		White Bear		White Bear
	Puma		-
	Metal Bunched
	Elk		Elk
	Crawfish		-
	Wind
	Isolated Earth		-
	Isolated Earth		Snake		The Osage clan has the bull snake, spreading adder, black snake, and rattlesnake, and additionally, the spider, buffalo bull, and red boulder, as their life symbols.
	Water People		-
	Elder Water		-
	White Water
		Puma in the Water	Waterspirit		A common form of Waterspirit is the Underwater Panther, which "Puma in the Water" seems to denote.
	Gentle Ponca		-
	Deer		Deer
	Cattail		-
	Clear the Way
	Bow (Fish People)		Fish
-			Hawk		See the comment above.
			Pigeon

Cf. the table of comparisons between Quapah and Hočąk clans in Quapah Origins, Winnebago-Chiwere Clan System, and Quapah-Winnebago-Chiwere Clans.

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