- The
Dhegihan languages are a
group of
Siouan languages that
include Kansa–Osage, Omaha–Ponca, and Quapaw.
Their historical region included parts of the...
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translated as "calm water". The
Osage people refer to
themselves in
their Dhegihan Siouan language as (𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷, Wazhazhe, 'Middle Waters'). By the early...
- The
Dhegihan migration and
separation was the long
journey on foot by the
North American Indians in the
ancient Hą́ke tribe.
During the
migration from...
- that
became Omaha since the 17th century,
including the
Omaha and Ponca,
Dhegihan-Siouan
language people who had
originated in the
lower Ohio
River valley...
- Dakota) – 290
speakers Chiwere-Winnebago
Chiwere †
Winnebago – 250
speakers Dhegihan Omaha–Ponca – 85
speakers Kansa-Osage
Kansa †
Osage †, on
ongoing revival...
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Glottochronological studies suggest the
Quapaw separated from the
other Dhegihan-speaking
peoples in a
period ranging between AD 950 to as late as AD 1513...
- nations.
Slowly they
migrated to present-day
Missouri and
Kansas areas (see
Dhegihan migration), but they were
gradually pushed west by
pressure from invading...
- Kansa,
sometimes known as Kaw or Kanza, is a
Siouan language of the
Dhegihan group once
spoken by the Kaw
people of Oklahoma. Vice
President Charles Curtis...
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arrived in the late
prehistoric period: Kaw (Kansa)
Omaha Osage Ponca The
Dhegihan Siouan peoples lived near the
Missouri River in the very Late precontact...
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locations in the Ohio
River Valley. The
Omaha speak a
Siouan language of the
Dhegihan branch,
which is very
similar to that
spoken by the Ponca. The
latter were...
