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Hunkpapa

noun
1.
A member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains.
2.
A Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa.





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"Hunkpapa" Quotes from Famous Books



... gravely, "the clan and tribe to which I belong. The Mendewahkantons are one of the first tribes of the Seven Fireplaces, or the Great Sioux Nation. But all are great—Mendewahkanton, Wahpeton, Sisseton, Yankton, Teton, Ogalala, and Hunkpapa—down to the last clan ...
— The Last of the Chiefs - A Story of the Great Sioux War • Joseph Altsheler


Words linked to "Hunkpapa" :   Siouan language, Teton, Teton Dakota, Sitting Bull, Lakota, Siouan, Teton Sioux


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