Definition of Dhegihan. Meaning of Dhegihan. Synonyms of Dhegihan

- The Dhegihan languages are a group of Siouan languages that include Kansa–Osage, Omaha–Ponca, and Quapaw. Their historical region included parts of the...
- translated as "calm water". The Osage people refer to themselves in their Dhegihan Siouan language as (𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷‎, Wazhazhe, 'Middle Waters'). By the early...
- The Dhegihan migration and separation was the long journey on foot by the North American Indians in the ancient Hą́ke tribe. During the migration from...
- nations. Slowly they migrated to present-day Missouri and Kansas areas (see Dhegihan migration), but they were gradually pushed west by pressure from invading...
- that became Omaha since the 17th century, including the Omaha and Ponca, Dhegihan-Siouan language people who had originated in the lower Ohio River valley...
- Kansa is a Siouan language of the Dhegihan group once spoken by the Kaw people of Oklahoma. Vice President Charles Curtis spoke Kansa as a child. The last...
- Dakota) – 290 speakers Chiwere-Winnebago Chiwere † Winnebago – 250 speakers Dhegihan Omaha–Ponca – 85 speakers Kansa-Osage Kansa † Osage †, on ongoing revival...
- Glottochronological studies suggest the Quapaw separated from the other Dhegihan-speaking peoples in a period ranging between AD 950 to as late as AD 1513...
- arrived in the late prehistoric period: Kaw (Kansa) Omaha Osage Ponca The Dhegihan Siouan peoples lived near the Missouri River in the very Late precontact...
- locations in the Ohio River Valley. The Omaha speak a Siouan language of the Dhegihan branch, which is very similar to that spoken by the Ponca. The latter were...