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| 1 | 175 | The Wismahi, or Arrowhead, band is said by some to have View more quotes about once">once made their winter camp at the confluence of two rivers, the joining of the rivers resembling the point of an arrowhead. |
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| 1 | 172 | The Casmu will hunt! The Isanna will hunt! The Napoktan will hunt! The Wismahi will hunt! The Kaiila will hunt!" The Isbu, or Little-Stones band; the Casmu, or Sand, band; the Isanna, the Little-Knife band; the Napoktan, or Bracelets, band; and the Wismahi, or Arrowhead band, are the five bands which constitute the Kaiila tribe. |
| 1 | 173 | The origins of these names are not always clear. |
| 1 | 174 | It seems probable that the Little-Stones and the Sand bands may have had their names from geographical features, perhaps those adjacent to riverside encampments. |
| 1 | 175 | The Wismahi, or Arrowhead, band is said by some to have once made their winter camp at the confluence of two rivers, the joining of the rivers resembling the point of an arrowhead. |
| 1 | 176 | Others claim that they once lived in a flint-rich area and, prior to the general availability of trade points, conducted a lively trade in flint with surrounding tribes. |
| 1 | 177 | The Bracelets band, or the Napoktan, wear copper bracelets on the left wrist. |
| 1 | 178 | This band, outside of the Kaiila, is often known as the Mazahuhu band, which is the Dust-Leg word for bracelets. |