Weyekin or wyakin /ˈwiːjəkɪn/ is a Nez Perce word for a type of spiritual being. According to Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, everything in the world - animals...

spirits called weyekins (Wie-a-kins) which would, they thought, offer a link to the invisible world of spiritual power". The weyekin would protect one...

their quest until their mind becomes "comatose." It was then that their Weyekin (Nez Perce word) revealed itself. Non-Native, New Age and "wilderness training"...

them up off the ground during battle. Eagle is also aided by a robotic Weyekin Bird, whom he can command to attack opponents or retrieve stray arrows...