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Ohunka

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Ohunka (Lakota: false, untrue,[1] plural ohunkakan) is a traditional Sioux evening story. They usually feature mythological characters like Iktomi or Iya together with humans. The storyteller's skill required the combination of episodes and keeping the audience interested.[2] Some ohunkakan were collected by Zitkala-Sa in her Old Indian Legends.

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  1. ^ "Lakota Words Index". Lakota Writings. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  2. ^ John Gneisenau Neihardt, Raymond J. DeMallie. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, University of Nebraska Press, 1985, p. 395