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THE OMAHA always in the van. The tribe was divided into half tribes, each half tribe consisting of five gentes. The sacred tents of the Omaha and all the objects that were kept in them are now in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The two groups of genles forming the half tribes or phratries, sometimes composed of subgentes or sections, are as follows:

Hañgacenu gentes—1, Wejiⁿcle. Elk. 2, Iñke-sabĕ, Black shoulder, a Buffalo gens; the custodian of the real pipes of peace. 3, Hañga or Ancestral, a Buffalo gens; the regulator of all the so-called pipes of peace and keeper of two sacred tents. 4, ¢atada, meaning uncertain; in four subgentes: a, Wasabe hit'ajĭ, Touch-not-the-skin-of-a-black-bear; b, Wajiñga ¢atajĭ, Eat-no-small-birds; Bird people; c, ʇe-da it'ajĭ. Touch-no-buffalo-head; Eagle people; d, ʞe-'iⁿ, Carry-a-turtle-on-the-back; Turtle people. 5, ʞaⁿze. Wind people.

Ictasanda gentes—6, Maⁿ¢iñka-gaxe, Earth-lodge-makers; coyote and wolf people. 7, ʇe-sĭnde, Buffalo-tail; a Buffalo-calf people. 8, ʇa-da, Deer-head; Deer people. 9, Iñg¢e-jide, Red dung; a Buffalo-calf gens. 10, Icta-sanda, meaning uncertain