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 (synset 109676911)
    is a type of: lakota, teton, teton dakota, teton sioux - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
    specific instances: sitting bull - a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)
  2. A Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa (synset 106922815)
    is a type of: siouan, siouan language - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

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