Knowing Our Relatives: The Hunka Bond of Gall and Deloria

Lekshi Oliver is the Grandson of Chief Gall, Pizi. Chief Gall adopted my Great-grandfather, Philip Deloria, Tipi Sapa, as his Misu/ younger brother. This Hunka Ceremony formally united the Deloria/Hinhan Wicasa Ihanktowan Dakota Lineages with the Gall Hunkpapa Lineages. My sister Toni Eagleman is the daughter of Lekshi Oliver. Part of Rebuilding the Sacred Hoop is knowing who alll your relatives are, both blood and hunka.

An older man in a cowboy hat, red neckerchief and teal shirt gestures as he talks with a man in a plaid shirt and cap beside a car, while a boy looks on, on open prairie.