Miniconjou band structure

[emilyp]

Nov 24, 2014 16:36:15 GMT -5 kingsleybray said:

In c. 1800 there were three main ‘maximal bands’ – units with claims to specific subsets of the tribal domain – among the Miniconjou. These were the Miniconjou proper, the Taku-hkpa-ya, and the Wanonwakteninan. Each of these comprised several hundred people, and several extended family bands (tiyoshpaye).
Behind this overview we can detect the presence of an ancestral band, the Hohwozhu, which during the 18th century attracted bands from other Lakota and Dakota divisions. My growing hunch is that the Hohwozhu family line threads through many of the historic bands listed by e.g. Riggs and Josephine Waggoner.
Tonight let’s look at the Taku-hkpa-ya. In 1795 Truteau assigned them 80 lodges, approximately 800 people. My analysis suggests they should break down something like this:

A. Wakpokiyan Flies Along the Creek
• Wakpokiyan proper One Horn family: from Santee 1745?
• Hunkapi, or “Grandmother Band” (from Hohwozhu) Lame Deer family
• Shikshichela from Santee 1745?
• Big Belly from intermarriage with Two Kettles?
• Red-Topped Tipis Red Warbonnet – from Santee; to Brule 1802+

B. Wagleza-owin Gartersnake Earring
• Wagleza-owin proper Little Crow family
• From Hohwozhu Humpback family
• Another tiyoshpaye? Ista-caniye?

C. Oyuhpe or Taku-hkpa-ya from Oglala 1767
• Oyuhpe
• Cut Testicles
• Wakan

D. Ashke Lock of Hair, Wrapped Hair (Not Braided)
• Ashke Iron Man: from Wazhazha/Brule c. 1790+
• No Mother from Hohwozhu: intermarried with Ashke, elements of both return to Brule 1807-20



In this post what is meant by "Proper Little Crow Family?"

[kingsleybray]

Hi Emilyp, that line should really read "Wagleza-owin proper, led by the Little Crow family". What I meant by 'proper' is that this Wagleza-owin band was made up of three or so extended families, of which this one was the original or founding family cluster. Hope that makes sense?

I think there may be a family connection btw the Miniconjou Little Crows and the Mdewakanton (Santee) Little Crow family, but I don't know for sure -- I will try to find out some more.

[grigoryev]

Hello.
Does anyone have a map of the resettlement of the Tetons at 1800? I have a hypothesis that the lands minnekonjou were caught between the southern - sichangu and oglala and northern tetons - sihazapa and itazipcho. And it was the lack of free lands that made certain sub-bands migrate to the south - first to sichangu (Ashke and Red-Topped Tipis, later after 1832 Keze Shicha), then to oglala(Oyuhpe and Wagleza-owin and part Broken Arrow).