land=mother???

R. Rankin rankin at ku.edu
Wed Aug 21 21:35:50 UTC 2002


> Can ina? be a borrowing from Osage (assuming that
Osage women captives
> often became Caddo mothers)?

There was also the Quapaw group that associated itself
with the Caddos for awhile, and they have the same
term, inaN'.

Bob



More information about the Siouan mailing list