Two Kettles
Two Kettles or Oóhe Núŋpa (Oóhenuŋpa, Oohenonpa - “Two Boilings” or “Two Kettles”) was a sub division of the Lakota Sioux tribe of Native Americans.
Together with the Sans Arc (Itázipčho, Itazipcola, Hazipco - ‘Those who hunt without bows’) and Miniconjou (Mnikȟówožu, Hokwoju - ‘Plants by the Water’) they were often referred to as Central Lakota[1] and divided into several bands or thiyóšpaye.
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[edit] Historic Oóhe Núŋpa thiyóšpaye or bands
- Wanuwaktenula (Wah-nee-wack-ata-o-ne-lar, aka Waniwacteonilla - ‘Killed Accidentally’)
- Sunka-yutesni (‘Eat No Dogs’)
- Minisa-la (‘Red Water’, a splinter group from the Sans Arc thiyóšpaye, also called Mini sala- ‘Red Water’)
- Oiglapta (‘Take All That Is Left’)
The Oóhe Núŋpa or Two Kettles were first part of the Miniconjou thiyóšpaye called Wanhin Wega (‘Broken Arrow’), split off about 1840 and became a separate oyate or tribe.[2]
The Oóhe Núŋpa were often also divided into two groups:[3]
- Oóhe Núŋpa (Oohe Noⁿpa - ‘Two Boilings’ or ‘Two Kettles’)
- Ma Waqota (Ma-wahota - ‘Skin-smeared-with-whitish-earth’)
[edit] History
Before 1843 explorers give no reference to this subdivision. The band appeared to number 800 people or 60 to 100 lodges. They were varyingly claimed to live among other herds of buffalo or to live separate from other bands by the Cheyenne River and the Missouri River. They respected white traders and visitors and hunted skillfully. Early on they rarely engaged in warfare but later did so. Later still they signed a treaty agreeing not to attack others except in self-defense.
[edit] References
- ^ Minneconjou and San Arc bands
- ^ Two Kettles
- ^ James Owen Dorsey: Siouan Sociology, Echo Lib, 2007, ISBN: 978-1406825954
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