hunkpapa

• Nombre propio que designa a un grupo de la nación siux, subdivisión de los teton-siux, que habitaba el oeste de Dakota y fue conocido por su resistencia a la invasión blanca de las Grandes Llanuras del norte; también se refiere a la lengua siux hablada por este grupo.

A proper noun referring to a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux, formerly living in the western Dakotas and prominent in resisting white encroachment into the northern Great Plains; also refers to the Siouan language spoken by this group.

nombre propio

1. Member of a Native American tribeC1formal

   A member of the Hunkpapa, a division of the Teton Sioux people, originally from the western Dakotas, known for their resistance to white settlement on the northern Great Plains.

   Miembro de la tribu hunkpapa

   • The Hunkpapa were a prominent band of the Lakota people.
   • Sitting Bull was a famous leader of the Hunkpapa.
   • The Hunkpapa resisted encroachment on their lands in the 19th century.

2. C1formal

   The Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa people.

   hunkpapa (lengua siux)

   • The Hunkpapa language is part of the larger Siouan language family.
   • Efforts are being made to preserve the Hunkpapa language.
   • Few fluent speakers of the Hunkpapa language remain today.

   Sinónimoslakotateton