Identifier: annualreportofbu43smit (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Ethnology Indians
Publisher: Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network

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WA-XTHI-ZHI (l^-GTHO^-GA (PUMA) GENS UREAU OF AMFPITAN FTHNOLOGY FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT PLATE 2
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SHC-GE-MO--l-^ (TSI-ZHU WA-SHTA-GE GENS LA FLEscHEl CHILD-NAMING RITE 31 CHILD-NAMING RITUALS To a self-respecting Osage husband and wife, the ceremonial namingof their first three sons and their first three daughters is of the utmostimportance. The couple regard the performing of the ceremony asa sacred duty to their children which must never be neglected. Each of these sons and daughters must be named accordmg to therites prescribed by the ancient No-ho-zhi°-ga. Until the cere-monial naming the child has no place in the gentile organization,and it is not even regarded as a person. Every one of these three sons and three daughters has a specialkinship term which can be used only by the father, the mother, andthe nearest relatives. These special kinship terms, as observed intheir sequence, are as follows: Sods Daughters I-gtho°. Mi-no. Ksho°-ga. Wi-he. Ka-zhi°-ga. Ci-ge or A-ci^-ga. All the sons born after the third one are Ka-zhi^-ga, and all thedaughters born after the third one

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