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Wakan Tanka:
The supreme divinity of the Sioux (Lakota) Native American people in North America. Wakan Tanka (“Great Mystery”) is a remote creator who governs the universe through various deities, which are all aspects of his being.
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  • Wakan Tanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    In the Sioux tradition, Wakan Tanka (spelled Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka in the Standard Lakota Orthography, also known as Wakan or Wakanda by the Omaha Tribe) is the term for the "sacred ...

  • Lakota Symbolism - Concepts

    Wakan Tanka. Wakan Tanka as Grandfather is the Great Spirit independent of manifestation, unqualified, identical to the Christian Godhead, or to the Hindu Brahma-Nirguna.

  • Wakan Tanka

    W akan Tanka is the Sioux name for the Great Spirit or Great Mystery. Wakan Tanka is thought of the creator of the world or universe; believed to be the All-Providing One.

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