Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Lakota mythology, Wakan Tanka is a term for the spirit which resides in every thing--similar to a god. Every creature and object has a wakan, such as wanka tanka kin, the wakan of the sun. Alternative: Wakan, Wakanda (Omaha Tribe), Oki (Iroquois) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.