Matoka Tribe

Matoka Tribe
Origin	Earthrealm (USA)
Founder	The Great Spirit
Established	Pre-Mortal Kombat
Status	Active
Leader	Unknown
Members	Nightwolf (Kiba, Komo & Hana)
Alignment	Good
Objective	Protect Earthrealm
Allies	Raiden Special Forces
Enemies	Both Timelines: Shao Kahn Alternate Timeline: Kano Black Dragon Kronika

“	To the next Nightwolf. Like all our sacred relics, the Nightwolf mantle belongs to the tribe. Any Matokan can prove worthy of its power. I enjoy imagining who will defend us next.	„
—Nightwolf in his ending narration in Mortal Kombat 11

The Matoka Tribe are a group of Native Americans that reside in Earthrealm.

Notable Members

• Nightwolf (born as Grey Cloud)

Trivia

• The Matoka are most likely inspired by the Lakota people, a Native American tribe that exists in real life.
• In an interaction with The Terminator, the latter claims that on his Earth, the tribe was "destroyed and forgotten".
• The Matoka's "Great Spirit" is based after the Sioux's concept of Wakan Tanka, which was the term for the sacred or the divine. It's usually translated as "The Great Spirit".