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noun
A member of a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Siouan, Siouan language
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Teton, Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota
Narrower terms: Sitting Bull
History
From Lakota Húŋkpapȟa (“head of the circle”).
