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In Lakota mythology, Wakan Tanka is a term for the spirit which resides in every thing--similar to a god. Every creature and object has a wakan, such as wanka tanka kin, the wakan of the sun.

Alternative: Wakan, Wakanda (Omaha Tribe[?]), Oki[?] (Iroquois)

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