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Dakota Indian Bands,
Gens and Clans
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens,
clans and phratry. Often very little
information is known or they no longer
exist. We have included them here to
provide more information about the tribes.
Black Tiger. A
Dakota band of 22 lodges, named from its chief; one of the bands not brought
into Ft Peck agency in 1872. H. R. Ex. Doc. 96, 42d Cong., 3d sess., 15, 1873.
Cazazhita A Dakota division, under chief Shonka,
or Dog; probably a part of the Teton, or perhaps the same as Broken Arrows and
Wannawega.
Chanshushka (box elder) An unidentified division of the
Dakota.
Chantapeta's Band. A Dakota division, probably a part
or all of the Hunkpapa, so called from their chief, commonly known as Fire
Heart. H. R. Ex. Doc. 117, 19th Cong., 1st sess., 6, 1826.
Chasmuna (sandy). An unidentified Dakota division.
Chihupa (jawbone band). A former Dakota band
under Sishhola, or Barefoot.
Congewichacha (wichacha= 'man'). A Dakota division, possibly of the Teton.
Cf. Kanghiyuha.
Esahateaketarpar ('toward the Santee', from Isanyate
Santee, ektapa 'toward'). A division of the Brule Dakota which had
Tartonggarsarpar (Tatónka-tsapa, Black Buffalo Bull) for its principal chief in
1804.
Fire Lodge. One of the former Dakota bands below L.
Traverse, Minn. Ind. Aff. Rep. 1859, 102, 1860.
Forked Horn. One of the Dakota bands below L. Traverse,
Minn.; probably Wahpeton or Sisseton. Ind. Aff. Rep., 102, 1859.
Gens du Large (French: wandering people ). One of the
two divisions of the Dakota, as given by Long (Exped. St Peters r., i, 380,
1824), comprising the following tribes: Kahra (a Sisseton band),
Miakechakesa (Sisseton), Tetoans (Teton), Wahkpakota (Wahpekute), Wahkpatoan
(Wahpeton), Yanktoanan (Yanktonai), Yanktoan (Yankton). It embraces all the
group except the Mdewakanton, his Gens du Lac.
Grand Saux. Given apparently as equivalent to the
Dakota of the plains, as distinguished from "Saux [Sioux] of the wood."
Trumbull, Ind. Wars, 185, 1851.
Grey Eagle Band. One of the Dakota bands below L.
Traverse, Minn. (Ind. Aff. Rep. 1859, 102, 1860), evidently taking its
name from the chief; not identified.
Hictoba. One of the 5 divisions of the Dakota recorded
by Pachot (Margry, Dec., vi, 518, 1886) about 1722. Unidentified.
Ieskachincha. A modern Oglala Dakota band, composed of
half-breeds
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Indian Bands, Gens, & Clans
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