Origin Story / Creation Story
𐓏𐒰𐒼𐓂͘𐓈𐒰 (Wah-kon-da), the mystery force of the universe, sent the Osage down from the sky to be the caretakers of Earth which they called the Sacred One. They were the children of Grandfather Sun and, at that time, they were called the Little Ones.
When the Little Ones descended from the sky lodge they came down in three groups. The first group was the People of the Waters, the 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 (Wah-zha-zhe); next was the People of the Sky, the 𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂 (Tzi-sho); and then came the People of the Land, the 𐒹𐒳͘𐒼𐒰 (Hunkah).
They named the animals, fish, trees, plants, birds, and also themselves. They named themselves 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ (Ni-U-Ko’n-Ska) which means Children of the Middle Waters.
The 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ (Ni-U-Ko’n-Ska) were tasked to find the Isolated Earth Peoples who were indigenous to the earth. As they set out, the 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 (Wah-zha-zhe) led and were followed by the 𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂 (Tzi-sho) and the 𐒹𐒰͘𐒼𐒰 (Hunka) groups.
One day, they came upon a village that was in 𐒼𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓍𐒷 (Ga-ni-tha or chaos), the 𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂 (Tzi-sho) and 𐒹𐒳͘𐒼𐒰 (Hunka) turned away in disgust because they saw death, decay, disease, and waste in the village. This village was what Earth would be like without the influence from the sky.
The Chief of the Isolated Earth people met with the Chief of the 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 (Wah-zha-zhe). It was then decided that the Isolated Earth People would leave their village and start a new life that was guided by the people from the sky who knew other things besides death and chaos.
The four groups then became one tribe. They divided themselves into two divisions called the 𐒹𐒳͘𐒼𐒰 (Hunkah) – the Earth people who represented land and water and the 𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂 (Tzi-sho) who were the Sky people. This tribe would fully represent the universe that was made up of sky and earth and land and water.
