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Noun: Hunkpapa
  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
     
  2. A Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa
    - Hunkpapa language

Derived forms: Hunkpapas

Type of: Lakota, Siouan, Siouan language, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux

Encyclopedia: Hunkpapa