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Menominee Indian
Totems
Chauvignerie gives their
principal totems as the
Large-tailed Bear, the
Stag, and the
Kilou (a sort of eagle).
Neill (Hist. Minn., 1858) classes the Menominee,
evidently on French authority, as Folles Avoines of the Chat and Orignal
or Wild Moose and Elk. Hoffman gives the modern totems as follows:
1. The Owa'sse wi'dishi'anun, or Bear phratry, consisting of the following
totems and sub-phratries: Owa'sse (Bear), Miqkä'no
(Mud-turtle), Kitä'mi (Porcupine),
with the Namä'nu (Beaver) and O'sass
(Muskrat) and sub-phratries.
II. The Kině'uv
wi'dishi'anun, or Eagle phratry, consisting of the following totems: Pinäsh'iu
(Bald Eagle), Kaka'k (Crow), Inä'qtěk
(Raven), Ma'qkuana'ni (Red-tail Hawk), Hinanä'shiuv
(Golden Eagle), Pe'niki'konau (Fish-hawk).
III. The Otä'tshia wi'dishi'anun, or
Crane phratry, consisting of the following totems: Otä'tshia
(Crane), Shakshak'eu (Great Heron), Os'se ("Old Squaw" Duck), O'kawa'siku
(Coot).
IV. The Moqwai'o wi'dishi'anun, or Wolf phratry, consisting of the
following totems: Moqwai'o (Wolf), "Hana" [(änä'm]
(Dog), Apaq'ssos (Deer).
V. The Mons wi'dishi'anun, or Moose phratry, with the following totems: Mōns
(Moose), Oma'skos (Elk), Wabä'skos
(Marten), Wū'tshik (Fisher).
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
Index of Tribes or Nations
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