Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Later Developments in the West.
The Lakota Sioux term for the 'Great Spirit' or 'Great Mystery', reflecting their belief that all parts of nature, including the buffalo, were deeply sacred.
Wakan Tanka appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Later Developments in the West and Destruction of Indigenous Ways of Life.
The American West
Later Developments in the West • Destruction of Indigenous Ways of Life
The American West
Development of the Plains • Changes for Indigenous Peoples
The American West
Early Settlement of the West • Indigenous Peoples of the Plains
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