Omaha and Lakota Words

Sat Aug 27 01:05:49 UTC 2011

So then, what did Dorsey have to say about these terms??  Don't keep us  in suspence!

From: Bryan James Gordon 
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 4:26 PM
To: siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU 
Subject: Re: Omaha and Lakota Words

Another couple of concepts Dorsey describes as related to sexuality in Omaha and Ponca are "spotted turtle" and "striped turtle". I have no idea of the cultural background behind these but thought they might interest y'all.

Bryan
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