362364. This idea is possibly confirmed in their oral history, which refe He also rips off an arm to use as a sword. Owaissa Native American Legend of Owaissa, means BlueBird Lapis Egypt, after the beautiful lapis lazuli gemstone, dark blue. Why weren't North American Indians considered to be property yet to be acquired (slaves)? Synonymy section written by D. R. Parks in Wood & Irwin, pp. The Okipa began with the young men not eating, drinking, or sleeping for four days. The first European known to visit the Mandan was the French Canadian trader Sieur de la Verendrye in 1738. They easily get bored by routine, keep grudges, and experience sudden mood changes. However, the very first link I got on a google search happens to be a nice Native American urban myth debunking page that I've directed people to before, so I'll quote the appropriate passage from it for you: Q: I heard that there was a tribe called the "blue-eyed Indians" Some Ethnologists and scholars studying the Mandan subscribe to the theory that, like other Siouan-speaking people (possibly including the Hidatsa), they originated in the area of the mid-Mississippi River and the Ohio River valleys in present-day Ohio. @CyMadison please move that into the answer. (Listen) hoxo'htsvo.