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Definition of Hunkpapa
1. Noun. 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. Noun. A Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunkpapa
Literary usage of Hunkpapa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Saone hunkpapa. A part of the hunkpapa Sioux. Sah-o-no-hont-a-par-par. ...
-hunkpapa.---Riggs in Word Carrier, 14, June—July, 1889. ..."
2. My Friend the Indian by James McLaughlin (1910)
"The Blackfeet, who were not many, had the place at the south end of the village ;
next to the Blackfeet and closer to the river were my people, the hunkpapa ..."
3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"hunkpapa (variously interpreted 'atthe entrance,' 'at the head end of the
circle,' 'those who camp by themselves,' and 'wanderers'). ..."
4. Addresses Delivered Before the California Society of the Sons of the by Sons of the American revolution (1913)
"The war chiefs in order of prominence were Gall, a hunkpapa; Crazy Horse, an
Ogalala Sioux by birth, a northern Cheyenne by affiliation; Crow King, hunkpapa ..."
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