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A fragmentary survey with focus on Siouan languages

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Ponca camp 1898

The Omaha and Ponca migration

27. August 20158. September 2015 s.

During the great migration of the Degiha tribes, after the Omaha and Ponca separated from the Osage and the Kansa, they continued north to the sacred pipestone quarries, where they encountered resistance by the Dakota and finally had to relocate to the Plains.

Posted in Geographic distribution, Migration, Omaha, Ponca Tags history, horses, migration
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The Osage (wažáže)

26. August 20156. May 2019 s.

An historic summary and basic linguistic information on the language of the Osage (wažáže ‘the water people’) people, including language examples.

Posted in Geographic distribution, Osage, Typology Tags Degiha, history, Lewis and Clark
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