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<DIV>Earl:</DIV>
<DIV>I believe I can explain it out for IOM in regard to the word for "God"/
"Thunders" (in an older traditional application) and the word "snake."
There was a Snake Clan, long extinct, which still exists among the Ponca and
Winnebago. How would you render an explaination to someone who noted the
similarity?</DIV>
<DIV>Jimm</DIV>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Waká<SUP>n</SUP>da = God.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(<SPAN style="COLOR: blue">It may noted
the </SPAN>coincidental similarity <SPAN style="COLOR: blue">of the word -
</SPAN>Waká<SUP>n</SUP>da<SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> and the word
</SPAN>Waká<SUP>n</SUP><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> (snake).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The root of both words is
"</SPAN>ká<SUP>n</SUP><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">-" (holy; sacred; consecrated).
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>This does not infer to some
kind of reptile divinity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To the
contrary, the term Wakánda is most likely related to the Lakota term, "wakan:
holy, mysterious" both sharing the same root of origin].<SPAN
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