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Offline Roger Kettle

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A Fun Game!
« on: May 23, 2007, 10:41:55 PM »
I thought it would be fun if we all voted on our favourite branch of the Sioux tribe. We've got the Unkpapa, the Sans Arc, the Minniconjou, the Oglala, the Brule, the Assiniboin, the Two-Kettle (don't let this influence you!), the Blackfeet, the Hidatsa, the Mandan, the Osage, the Quapaw and the Ponca.
I'm going Oglala.
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Offline Mince

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 10:50:31 PM »
I'm going Oglala as well, if only for Crazy Horse. Just read this account of his death:

Dr. McGillycuddy, who treated Crazy Horse after he was stabbed, wrote that Crazy Horse "died about midnight." According to military records he died before midnight, making it September 5, 1877. According to the Oglala Sioux, he died after midnight, making it September 6, 1877. The monument located at the spot of his death says September 5, 1877. Each year the Oglala Sioux meet at the spot of his death on September 6.

And then there's "Young Man Afraid Of His Horses" . . .
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2007, 11:06:18 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on May 23, 2007, 10:41:55 PM
I thought it would be fun if we all voted on our favourite branch of the Sioux tribe. We've got the Unkpapa, the Sans Arc, the Minniconjou, the Oglala, the Brule, the Assiniboin, the Two-Kettle (don't let this influence you!), the Blackfeet, the Hidatsa, the Mandan, the Osage, the Quapaw and the Ponca.
I'm going Oglala.

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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2007, 11:11:10 PM »
I can't see past the Brule - they are obviously the Cr?me.
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2007, 02:38:33 AM »
I'm going with the Two-Kettles - I like to back people who are prepared for many visitors.

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2007, 03:51:55 AM »
The Ponca are an interesting tribe. Most others decided to embrace casino management, but the Ponca went into manufacturing indicators for automobiles.

They're now called the Ponca-ponca-ponca-ponca.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2007, 09:37:14 AM »
Sioux? Where's the Nowin-Nofee tribe?
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2007, 12:54:41 PM »
Indian names were often translated literally--or badly--and their true meanings were contorted. Mince mentioned "Young Man Afraid Of His Horses" which sounds  ridiculous to us. In fact, it was a huge compliment and meant that he was such a great warrior that his enemies were even afraid of his horses.
God, I'm boring.
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Re: A Fun Game!
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2007, 10:56:13 AM »
Ponca for me with a nod in the direction of my Post Office New Card Account.
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