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Omaha 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.
Dhatada. One of the four gentes of the Hangashenu
subdivision of the Omaha. The meaning is lost, although Dorsey translates it
bird.
Dtepaitazhi (touch no buffalo head). A subgens of the
Dhatada gens of the Omaha.
Dtesanhadtadhishan (pertaining to the sacred skin of an
albino buffalo cow). Given as a subgens of the Hanga gens of the Omaha, but it
is seemingly an error.
Hadtuitazhi (touches no green corn husks). A former
subgens of the Hanga gens of the Omaha.
Hanga ('leader'). A gens of the Hangashenu division of
the Omaha.
Hangashenu (young men of the leaders. Fletcher). One of
the two divisions of the Omaha, composed of the Wezhinshte, Inkesabe, Hanga,
Dhatada, and Kanze gentes.
Iekidhe (Ieki¢ě,
criers). A gens of the Inkesabe division of the Omaha. Dorsey in 15th Rep. B.
A. E., 227, 1897.
Inewakhubeadhin (In‘ě-waqube-a¢in,
'keepers of the mysterious stones'). A subgens of the Mandhinkagaghe gens of the
Omaha. Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 228, 1897.
Ingdhezhide (red dung). An Omaha gens on the
Inshtasanda side of the tribal circle.
Inkesabe (black shoulder). An Omaha gens of the
Hangashena division, the custodian of the tribal pipes. The sub-gentes are
Iekidhe, Nonhdeitazhi, Wadhigizhe, and Watanzizhidedhatazhi.
Inshtasanda (inshta, 'eye' or 'eyes'; sanda,
an archaic and untranslatable term. Fletcher). One of the 2 divisions of the
Omaha, containing the Mandhinkagaghe, Tesinde, Tapa, Ingdhezhide, and
Inshtasanda gentes.
Inshtasanda. An Omaha gens, belonging to the
Inshtasanda division. The sub divisions are Ninibatan, Real Inshtasanda,
Washetan, and Real Thunder people.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
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