While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
The Kansa gentes as given by Dorsey (15th Rep. B. A. E., 230, 1897) are:
1, Manyinka (earth lodge)
2, Ta (deer)
3, Panka (Ponca)
4, Kanze (Kansa)
5, Wasabe (black bear)
6, Wanaghe (ghost)
7, Kekin (carries a turtle on his hack)
8, Minkin (carries the sun on his back)
9, Upan (elk)
10, Khuva (white eagle)
11, Han (night)
12, lbache (holds the firebrand to sacred pipes)
13, Hangatanga (large Hanga)
14, Chedunga (buffalo bull)
15, Chizhuwashtage (Chizhu peacemaker)
16, Lunikashinga (thunder being people)
These gentes constitute 7 phratries.
