TETON

[Jimm G GoodTracks]

Like John, I have never heard of the Ioways being referred to as "Prairie
People".  Certainly, they, the Baxoje/ Jiwere People have not used that
term in English nor anything akin to it within the Baxoje/ Jiwere
language.  Nor have I seen/ heard of any surrounding/ neighboring tribal
communities referr to them by such a term, either in their language or in
English.
Perhaps, this is another case of the non-Native documented
misinformations or presumptions that has miscolored Native Peoples and
their associated cultures.
Jimm

On Fri, 10 May 2002 12:02:42 -0500 "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at d.umn.edu>
writes:
> Koontz John E wrote:
>
> > I haven't run
> > into the 'prairie people' terminology for the Iowa before.  I hope
> to
> > order the Plains volume pair for the Handbook soon, and that may
> > illuminate matters for me.
>
> Vol. 13 has nothing like Titaton in the IOWA synonymy. But there are
> Fr.
> forms like Mascotens nadouesiou (1684), presumably from an Ottawa
> name
> meaning 'little-prairie Sioux'.
>
> Alan