The Wyrmcomers’ Kinfolk, called the Wyrmbringers, slaughtered and confined the Native Americans over the next few centuries until eventually Native Americans were restricted to reservations spotted across the United States and Canada.

 

There were two possible responses to this great change in the population of the continent: fight it to the last, or accept it and integrate with the newcomers. The Wendigo chose the former road and the Uktena the latter, especially embracing those Asians and Africans the whites brought in as slaves. In the 21st century, the Uktena is one of the most ethnical1y diverse tribes in the world; Uktena have Kinfolk from Vancouver to Miami, Halifax to Los Angeles and just about every place in between. The majority of Uktena come from oppressed or lower-class social groups.

 

In the ancient days, the Uktena were the shamans, and they have never lost this talent; indeed, it has grown as they and their Kinfolk lost power in the physical world. They have good relations with most nature spirits, and excel at creating fetishes and talens. They ate  considered some of the most talented and powerful shamans and occultists in the Nation. The Uktena have an insatiable thirst for discovering ancient secrets, and once discovered, at hiding and holding on to them. Some few Uktena, called Bane Tenders, choose thedifficult and possibly corrupting task of monitoring foul Banes and Wyrm-beasts to make sure they remain bound and somnolent. While such knowledge has proved useful - the Uktena are exceptionally skilled at scouting out the presence of the Wyrm and other blight - it has come at a terrible  price.  Members of many tribes  whisper that the Uktena have gotten too close to the secrets the Wyrm holds and that they themselves might soon walk the Black Spiral to join the forces of corruption.

 

The Uktena take their name from a Native American water spirit with the features of a serpent, cougar and deer known for its love of secrets and disguising its appearance

 

Tribal Totem: Uktena -- a water-serpent with the forequarters of a cougar and the antlers of a deer, this Totem conceals its wisdom from the unworthy.

 

Advantage: You are so attuned to the spirit world that you can "peek" from Earth into the Umbra. (Most Garou can only peek from the Umbra to Earth.)

 

Drawback: An undiscovered secret is like a stone in your shoe -- you just have to work it out! When you become aware of a secret or mystery close at hand, you will be at a one-Trait penalty to all Willpower Challenges (and, at Narrator discretion, Social Challenges) if you're doing something other than seeking the answer.

 

Restrictions: None.

 

Beginning Tribal Gifts: Sense Magic, Shroud, Spirit Speech

 

Starting Willpower: Three

 

Wolf Form: The variegated background of the Uktena Tribe leavs individuals' appearance often unpredictable; most have reddish-black fur and a disturbing habit of staring intently at everything they encounter.

 

Organization: At the end of each season, the eldest and wisest Uktena gather for a Great Council; here they deliberate on matters of importance to the entire tribe. Since the Great Council cannot force actions on the Uktena Tribe as a whole, the group must unanimously agree on any course of action to take hold with in the ret of the tribe. This happens rarely; the council consists of almost entirely of elders, who are set in their ways and loathe compromise. Thus the Great Council serves primarily as a place for the tribe to share information. Logically, Smaller tribal councils, who voices carry great weight with their sept but little outside of it, controls the Uktena. These councils are more likely to have youthful members that the Great Council and their composition is not dictated from Above.  

 

Habitat/ Protectorate: The Uktena posses many Caerns on Native American Soil, but no small proportion of their territory is in lands controlled by the United States since the native peoples were forced from it. Since the first days of the Wyrmcomers, the Uktena and their Kinfolk have bred with the oppressed members of homid society, and the tribe and its human charges can now be found from Native American reservations to urban neighborhoods to the Amazon rainforest and Pacific Islands.