Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822

Chapter XIII. Totems, titles, and names 376

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Section 1. Pictorial tribal designations 377 Iroquoian 377 Eastern Algonquian 378 Siouan and other designations 379 Absaroka, or Crow 380 Arapaho 381 Arikara, or Ree 381 Assiniboin 381 Brulé 382 Cheyenne 382 Dakota, or Sioux 383 Hidatsa, Gros Ventre or Minitari 384 Kaiowa 384 Mandan 385 Mandan and Arikara 385 Ojibwa 385 Omaha 385 Pawnee 386 Ponka 386 Shoshoni 387 Section 2. Gentile and clan designations 388 Section 3. Significance of tattoo 391 Tattoo in North America 392 On the Pacific coast 396 Tattoo in South America 407 Extra-limital tattoo 407 Scarification 416 Summary of studies on tattooing 418 Section 4. Designations of individuals 419 Insignia, or tokens of authority 419 Signs of individual achievements 433 Property marks 441 Personal names 442 Objective 447 Metaphoric 453 Animal 455 Vegetable 458