411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Hunkpapa
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
From en lkt Húŋkpapȟa head of the circle.
Noun
s *
A member of a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe.
en Dorothy M. Johnson 1950 in book War Shirt Indian Country London Corgi 1961 110 If I'd kept a woman, he realized, instead of sending 'em back to their fathers' lodges - the Shoshone girl, them two Hunkpapas, the Crow I called Sally, even that Ree that come near talking me to death - if I'd kept one of 'em for more than just a winter, I'd have boys of my own by now to bring in meat.