These two men said, also, that there
was no single gens known as the Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, that name belonging to a major
division, probably a half-tribe.
THE KANZE OR KANSA
[Illustration: FIG. 37.--Kansa camping circle.]
FIG. 37.--Kansa camping circle.
Among the Omaha the Yata people are those who camp on the yata or left
side of the tribal circle; the Ictunga people, those who camp on the
Ictunga or right side. The tribe is divided into seven phratries, or, as
the Kansa style each, wayunmindan, (i.e., those who sing together), as
follows:
_Phratries_ _Gentes_ _Subgentes_
I 1. Manyinka, _a_, Manyinka
Earth, or tanga, Large
Earth-lodge-makers. earth. _b_,
Manyinka
gaxe,&Manyinka
jinga, Small
earth.
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