The word is usually translated as "Thunder Spirits", "Thunder Beings," or "Thunder Birds".[1]Heyokas, that is contrarians, dream of Wakinyan and can burn cedar (Juniperus scopulorum) to protect themselves from thunder and lightning, since Wakinyan respect trees and will not harm them.[2]
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^Legendary Native American Figures: Thunderer (Wakinyan)
^Tyon, Thomas (1991). Walker, James R. (ed.). Lakota Belief and Ritual. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 155.
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