Post by gerard on Jul 18, 2008 3:18:19 GMT -6
Dear All,
Please allow me to present a question. As curator at the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna, I came across a reference in the museum’s records about a Sioux chief. His name has been registered as Opómika, with the apparent meaning of “One Hundred.” He died in 1871, in Dakota Territory, according to the same reference. The information comes from the anthropologist Walter J. Hoffmann of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, who, as a medical officer, visited the Lakota at the Grand River Agency in 1872-1873.
The transcription of his name may not be correct or up to date. A Dakota online dictionary (http://fmdb.cla.umn.edu/dakota/FMPro) presents opawiå¥e, meaning “one hundred” or literally “the turning point.”
Could somebody help us out? Has anybody heard of this chief and has additional information about his life? Any help is very, very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your attention and assistance!
With kind regards,
Gerard
Please allow me to present a question. As curator at the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna, I came across a reference in the museum’s records about a Sioux chief. His name has been registered as Opómika, with the apparent meaning of “One Hundred.” He died in 1871, in Dakota Territory, according to the same reference. The information comes from the anthropologist Walter J. Hoffmann of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, who, as a medical officer, visited the Lakota at the Grand River Agency in 1872-1873.
The transcription of his name may not be correct or up to date. A Dakota online dictionary (http://fmdb.cla.umn.edu/dakota/FMPro) presents opawiå¥e, meaning “one hundred” or literally “the turning point.”
Could somebody help us out? Has anybody heard of this chief and has additional information about his life? Any help is very, very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your attention and assistance!
With kind regards,
Gerard
