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Hanwi

Hanwi

Moon (oglala sioux)

Feb 07, 2025
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Pronounced: “HAN-wee’

The Lakota (and other variants from the same Sioux cultural group) have some incredible stories. Many of the primary elements, such as the moon, also refer to adjacent concepts like feminity, motherhood, and more. I could spend all my time reading them. Wi, as a term, refers to light, the sun, and the moon. Thus, we’re going to see…

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