Hunkpapa

[ huhngk-pah-puh ]

noun

, plural Hunk·pa·pas, (especially collectively) Hunk·pa·pa.

1. a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.

Example Sentences

Lajimodiere’s appointment is impactful and inspirational because “representation counts at all levels,” said Nicole Donaghy, executive director of the advocacy group North Dakota Native Vote and a Hunkpapa Lakota from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation.

From Seattle Times

Kevin Edward Locke was born on June 23, 1954, on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota and was a member of the Hunkpapa community of the Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

From New York Times

Her father was Hunkpapa Lakota, her mother white.

From Salon

“Someone goes missing just about every day … from a tribal community,” said Lynnette Grey Bull, who is Hunkpapa Lakota and Northern Arapaho and director of the organization Not Our Native Daughters.

From Washington Times

Guy Jones, a Hunkpapa Lakota and member of the Greater Cincinnati Native American Coalition, said the report misses the larger point on that score.

From Washington Post