The 8 Deities of the Hopewell Dakota Sioux Indians 

Wi -  The most powerful Sun god

Shkan - The sky god

Maka - The Earth Mother

Inyan - Rock and immovable things

Hanwi - Goddess of the Moon - wife of Wi

Tate -  god of the winds

Wohpe - The falling star or meteor

Wakinyan - Thunderbird

Pawnee Indians Sacrifice of a Young Girl to the god of Fertility, the Morning Star Opirkut

Pawnee Indians Sacrifice of a Young Girl to the god of Fertility, the Morning Star Opirkut

    One of their chief divinities was the morning star, Opirikut, which was supposed to represent the deity of fertility and agriculture. At the time of corn-planting a young girl, usually a captive, was sacrificed to this divinity. The victim was bound to a stake and partly burned alive; but before life had ceased, her breast was cut open, her heart torn out and flung in the flames. Her flesh was then cut into small pieces and buried in the cornfield. This was believed to secure an abundant crop. The similarity of the rite to that in vogue among the Mexicans, who also worshipped the morning star as the goddess of fertility, is interesting.