The
Hunkpapa (
Lakota:
Húŋkpapȟa) are a
Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the
Lakota tribe. The name
Húŋkpapȟa is a
Lakota word meaning "Head of the Circle". (At one time, the tribe's name was represented in European-American records as
Honkpapa.) By tradition, the
Húŋkpapȟa set up their lodges at the entryway to the circle of the
Great Council when the Sioux met in convocation. They speak
Lakȟóta, one of the three dialects of the
Sioux language.