Hunkpapa
noun
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
Hunkpapas
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pluralof Hunkpapa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On the Missouri River at the middle north line of South Dakota there was the Standing Rock reservation, where lived Sitting Bull and many of the Hunkpapas and Oglalas whom he had led.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
Chief Gall, a fine man, of the Hunkpapas, was head war chief; his aide was Crow King.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
