NAME

[Rankin, Robert L.]

The name isn't familiar to me.  Do you know how the letter "c" is supposed to be sounded?  Is it a K sound?  Or does it represent "ch" or maybe the "sh" sound it has in the Smithsonian alphabet??

Bob


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On the 1891 OM census. the name “Wa-to-co-co” meaning something along lines of “Standing with Staff” or “Standing with Dancing Staff.”   Among those of you who have worked with the names of Hochank, Kaws, Osage, Ponca/ Omaha, Quapaw, have anyone found a similar name that refers to holding a staff that represents some society?  It is not apparent in the name as documented here.
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