Heyoka
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- Social role
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- Vision of thunder beings
- In popular culture
- See also
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thumb|Ledger artwork by Lakota artist Black Hawk representing a dream of a thunder being.
The heyoka ('''', also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a type of sacred clown shaman in the culture of the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota people) of the Great Plains of North America. The heyoka is a contrarian, jester, and satirist, who speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around them.
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