I was wondering if any one would know where they got the name for the indain tribe called the Behanna,s Because that's is my last name I always wondered where my roots were im wondering if im indain my email is [email protected] if ant one knows Please let me know ok.
shareThe settlers carried the surname over from Europe. It has nothing to do with Native Americans.
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=behanna
I am reading the book right now & *think* you might have misheard the word.
There are several times in the book & film that the Native Americans refer to the 'Pahanas' -- this is what they call 'white men'. It is from a Hopi legend:
"The true Pahana (or Bahana) is the Lost White Brother of the Hopi. Most versions have it that the Pahana or Elder Brother left for the east at the time that the Hopi entered the Fourth World and began their migrations. However, the Hopi say that he will return again and at his coming the wicked will be destroyed and a new age of peace, the Fifth World, will be ushered into the world. As mentioned above, it is said he will bring with him a missing section of a sacred Hopi stone in the possession of the Fire Clan, and that he will come wearing red. Traditionally, Hopis are buried facing eastward in expectation of the Pahana who will come from that direction"
more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_mythology