hunkpapa
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1. a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | siouan, siouan language, |
| definition | : | a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux (noun.communication) |
2. 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 (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | lakota, teton, teton dakota, teton sioux, |
| definition | : | a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sitting bull, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
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