Allowat Sakima
In the
language of the
Lenape (Delaware) people of North America, the term Allowat Sakima literally means "Mighty Chief" or "Great Chief", an allegorical reference to supreme deity. It is also a respectful reference for legendary personages with cultural and historical significance to a tribe. Allowat Sakima is most often depicted wearing a double-trailer eagle feather bonnet, (symbolic of the eagle and flight), deerskin leggings, (symbolic of the swiftness of the deer), and an eagle feather coupstick. [Note: Inasmuch as the double-trailer eagle-feather headdress is more representative of the Plains tribes, it was not a part of the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) customs and traditions prior to their removal from their ancestral homelands. Rather, it was only adopted after the
Delaware Nation was reduced to a meager population prior to western expansion and their subsequent contact with western plains tribes following their exodus to the Oklahoma Reserve.]
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Allowat Sakima
[Native American] Allowat Sakima literally means Mighty Chief or Great Chief, an allegorical reference to supreme deity, the Great Spirit. Also a respectful reference to for legendary personages with cultural and historical significance to the tribe. Most often depicted wearing a double-tail eagle bonnet, (symbolic of the eagle and flight), deerskin leggings, (symbolic of the swiftness of the deer), and an eagle feather coupstick. [Note: The headdress is more representative of the Plains tribes possibly since the Delaware Nation was reduced to a meager population prior western expansion and their exodus to Oklahoma Reserve.]