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THE OMAHA

The Wajiñga ¢atajĭ subgens was divided into four sections: 1, Hawk people, under the chief Standing Hawk (now dead). 2, Blackbird people, under the chief Wajiⁿa-gahiga. B, Starling or Thunder people. 4, Owl and Magpie people.

The ʞaⁿze gens was divided into at least two subgentes, the Keepers of the pipe and the Wind people. Lion, of the Deer-head gens, said that there were four subgentes, but this was denied in 1882 by Two Crows of the Hañga gens.

The Maⁿ¢iñka-gaxe subgentes, as given by Lion, were: 1, Coyote and Wolf people. 2, Iⁿ'e-waqube-a¢iⁿ, Keepers-of-the-mysterious-stones. 3, Niniba-t'aⁿ, Keepers-of-the-pipe. 4, Miⁿxa-saⁿ-wet'ajĭ. Touch(es)-not-swans. Cañge-skă, White Horse, chief of the Maⁿ¢iñ-ka-gaxe (in 1878–1880) named three subgentes, thus: 1, Qube, Mysterious person, a modern name (probably including the Miʞasi and Iⁿ'ĕ-waqube-a¢iⁿ, and certainly consisting of the descendants of the chief Wa-jiñga-sabe or Blackbird). 2, Niniba-t'aⁿ. 3, Miⁿxa-saⁿ-wet'ajĭ.

The ʇa-da were divided into four parts: 1, Niniba-t'aⁿ, Keepers-of-the-pipe, under Lion. 2, Naq¢e-it'ajĭ,