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Tribal Names and Their Meanings
Southeastern Tribes
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A'ani': abnaki: achomawi: acolapissa: Acoma: Agaidika (Paiute): Ahousaht: ahtena: Aitchelitz: Akansea: Akun'kunik': akwesasne: alabama: apache: apalachicola: apalachee: Apsaalookee: Apwaruge: A’qam: arikara: Arosaguntacook: Asiniskawiyiniwak: assiniboin: atakapa: atikamekw atsina: Atsuge: atsugewi: Attawandaron: avoyel: bayogoula: Bedonkohe (Apache): Bellabella: bidai: Binigulaza: brule: caddo: Cahuilla: Calusa: Canim: Catawba: cayuga: cayuse: chakchiuma: Cheam: chehalis: Chelan: Chemehuevi: cherokee: Cheslatta: chetco: cheyenne: chickahominy: chickamauga: Chickasaw: Chihene (Apache): Chilcotin: chipewyan: chitimacha: Chokonen (Apache): chontal: choula: chowanoc: chumash: clallam: clatsop: Clayoquot: Cochiti: cocopah: Coeur d’Alene: comanche: Comox: Conestoga: cowichan: crow: Cuiui Ticutta: Dakelh: dakota: Detsanayuka: Ehdiitat Gwich'in: erie: Eskimo: Esquimalt: fox: Gingolx: Gitanmaax: git' lissums: gitksan: Gitwangak: Gitxsan: Gwich'in: gros ventre: hach winik: Hagwilget: Haisla: han: Haudenosaunee: havasupai: Heiltsuk: Hesquiaht: Hia C-ed O'odham: Hidatsa: hiute: ho-chunk: Hohokam: honniasont: hopi: houma: Hualapai: huchnom: Huichol: Hul'qumi'num: hunkpapa: hupa: huron: hwal'bay (hualapai): ihanktonwan: ihanktonwana: Illinois: iowa: iroquois: Isleta: jatibonicu: jatibonuco: Jemez: jicaque: jicarilla: kainai: kakwchak: Kamloops: Kammedeka: kan-hatki: kanienkahaka: kanza: Karankawa: karuk (also karok): Kaskaskia: kato: kawchottine: ketsei: kickapoo: kiowa: Kispiox: Kitamaat: Kitkatla: Kitselas: Kitsumkalum: klallam: klamath: Klickitat: Kluskus: Koop Ticutta: kotsoteka: kutcha-kutchin: Kuupangaxwichem: Kuyuidokado: kwakiutl: Kwalhioqua: Kwayhquitlum: kwuda: Laguna: lakota: latgawa: lenni lenape: Lheidli T'enneh: lillooet: lipan: machapunga: mahican: makah: Malahat: maliseet: Mannahocks: Maricopa: Mascouten: massachuset: Matsqui: Mayaimis: mdewankantonwan: menominee: Meskwahkihaki (Fox): Metlakatla: miami: michigamea: Mimbres (Apache): miniconjou: Minnetaree: Minqua: Missiquoi: Mississauga: missouri: moapa: moatokni: modoc: mohave: mohawk: mohegan: Mohican: Monacans: moneton: Mowachaht: munsee: Musqueam: nahane: Nak'azdli: Nambé: narragansett: nanticoke: Nanoose: natsit-kutchin: navajo: Nehalem: Nicomen: Niantic: Nihtat Gwich'in: nipmuck: nisga'a: Niuko'nska: nokoni: nooksack: nootka: Norridgewock: Nusabi: Nuu-chah-nulth: oglala: ojibwa: Okanagan: okelousa: okmulgee: omaha: oneida: onondaga: opata: ottawa: otto: Oweekeno: pahodja: pakiutlema: pamunkey: Pan'akwati: pantch-pinunkansh: papagos: papinashuash pascagoula: passamaquoddy: paugusset: pawnee: Payomkowishum: Pechanga: penateka: Pend d'Oreilles: Penelakut: pennacook: penobscot: pensacola: Penticton: people of the lakes: peoria: pequot: Piankeshaw: Picuris: piegan: piekuakamit piikani: pilthlako: pima: Podunk: pojoaque: potawatomi: powhatan: pshwanwapam: puyallup: Qawishwallanavetum: quahadi: Qualicum: quapaw: Quatsino: Quechan: quinnipiac: Qwulhhwaipum: Raramuri: sac: Sakawiyiniwak: salish: Sammamish: San Felipe: San Ildefonso: San Juan: Sandia: sans arc: Santa Ana: Santa Clara: schaghticoke: Schitsu'umsh: Sdukalbixw: sekani: Semiahmoo: seminole: seneca: shawnee: Sicangu: sihasapa sioux: siksika: sioux: sisitonwan: Siska: Skidegate: skokomish: Skookumchuck: Snuneymuxw: Spallumcheen: Spokane: Spuzzum: Sts'Ailes: Suisun: Sumas: Susquehannock: Tagish: Tahltan: taino: takelma: Tamarois: tanima: tangipahoa: tantawats: Taos: Tarahumara: Tataviam: tatsanottine: tawakoni: Teetl'it Gwich'in: tejas: tenawa: tennuth-ketchin: Tesuque Pueblo: teton: tewa: thlingchadinne: Timbisha: tinde: titonwan: Tl'azt'en: Toi Ticutta: Toltec: master builders (Nahuatl word) tonawanda: Tongva: tonkawa: Toquaht: Tsa-mee-nis: tsattine: Tsawout: Tsawwassen: Tsay Keh Dene: tsetsaut: Tseycum: tsimshian: Tsleil-Waututh: Tsoyaha: tsuu t'ina: tubatulabal: Tukudika: Tunxis: tuscarora: two kettle: Uchuckledaht: Ukomno'm: Ulkatcho: unalachtgo: Ute: Viniintaii Gwich'in: Vuntut Gwitch’in: vunta-ketchin: wahpekute: wahpetonwan: wailaki: wakokai: walapai: wallawalla: wampanoag: Wappinger: wappo: waptailmin: wasco: Wea: Wendat: Whel mux: wichita: winnebago: wiwohka: Wolastoqiyik: wyandot: Yahandeka: yakama: yamparika: Yaqan nukiy: yavapai: yoncalla: yuchi: Yuhavitam: yuki: yurok: Zia: Zuni: List by Phil Konstantin |
white clay people those living at the sunrise (easterners) river, people that live at the river those who listen and see people by the white rock trout (or salmon) eaters - also spelled Agai-Dicutta facing opposite from the ocean, people living with their backs to the land and mountains ice people bottom land of the downriver people people of the place of the flying head land where the partridge drums i clear the thicket enemy (zuni word) people of the other side people of the other side children of the large-beaked bird juniper tree people people of the dense forest or brush horns or elk people, or corn eaters; people of the flowing hair rocky flats river people people in the place of lots of rocks ones who cook using stones (ojibwa word) man eater white fish white clay people pine tree people hat creek indians different language people people of the rocks people of the bayou in front at the end people milbank brushwood (caddo word) people of the clouds burned thighs Top of Page true chiefs leader, master, powerful nation (all questionable) fierce people canoe, broken rock river people place where boats were taken out, place locusts were taken out, people at the mucky land people of the stones or rocks (French-Canadian word) red crawfish people wild strawberry place, the place to always get strawberries sand, beating heart deep water those that play with fish (Mojave word) cave people (choctaw word), people of different speech (creek word) top of a small mountain, small rock mountain at the east side close to the mouth of the stream red talkers (dakota word), little Cree (Lakota word) coarse-pounded corn people, hominy people dwelling place of the chief (creek word) people from Chicsa, rebels red paint people young man river pointed skins (cree word) men altogether red, they have cooking vessels rising sun people stranger (nahuatl word) fox people at the south people who make the shell bead money strong people dried salmon people of other tribes stone kiva river people those who are found here or heart of an awl (French words) anyone who wants to fight me all the time (ute word) place of abundance place of the immersed pole warm country, land warmed by the sun, basking in the sun that warms your back or warm land crow, sparrowhawk, bird people, people of the large-beaked bird cui ui eaters people who travel by water allie bad campers or bad movers people who live among timber or spruce long tail or cat people (Iroquois word) eaters of raw meat (Algonquin or Cree word) the place of gradually shoaling water red earth people Top of Page the place of the skulls people who fish with burning torche people of the Lissums people of the northern Skena place of Rabbits people of the River of Mist people who live at a certain place big bellies, one who cooks with a stone, he cooks by roasting (see atsina) true people gentle or quiet people living at the river mouth or down river those who live along the river people of the long house, people of the extended lodge people of the blue green water to speak or act correctly people of the sound made by eating herring eggs off eel grass sand dune people willow (speculation) bowmen fish eaters, people of the big voice those who have gone wearing something around the neck peaceful ones or well-mannered people, people who live in a peaceful way red people of the tall pines mountain people healers those who speak the same language campers at the opening of the circle trinity river ruffian, head of a boar (french words) people of the tall pines dwellers at the end little dwellers at the end those who speak in the regular way sleepy ones (dakota word) real adders (Algonquain word) or we of the extended lodge kick flint place people of the great sacred high waters great people of the sacred high waters pueblo in the canada ancient person (nahuatl word) little basket weaver (spanish word) Top of Page many chiefs porcupine people the meeting of the waters jackrabbit eaters white earth people of the place of flint people of the south wind dog lovers upstream he scrapes it off by means of a tool lake people of the great hares going in wet sand he stands about, wanderer principal people, pulling out, coming out, people of the large tent flaps people of the hiding place people of the falling snow people of the salt, village by the sea people of the canyon people of the plateau strong people people of the lake beyond (Chinook word) place of small whitefish ground- squirrel eaters buffalo eaters those who live on the flats people who slept here cui-ui eaters beach on the side north of the river or smoke of the rivers onely place in the woods (Chinook word) stinking fish slime people coming out pueblo by the lake friend or ally (same with dakota & nakota) those living in the uplands genuine men people of the confluence of the two rivers wild onion warriors of the mountains Top of Page bad dust wolf cape people or people who live by the rocks and seagulls infested with caterpillars, place where one gets bait broken talkers very, merry people people who live toward the water little prairie people at the hills, people who live near the great hill easy portage, easy travelling big water dwellers of the spirit lake wild rice men red earth people a passage connecting two bodies of salt water people on the peninsula, cry of the crane, pigeon great water willow (Spanish word) planters by water they crossed the water stealthy place of flint great river mouth great muddy, people with wooden canoes mosquito creek people southerners southerners three mountains, people of the water/river the possessors of the flint, fire-striking people, coward or man eater (abenaki words) wolf the people of the waters that are never still people who dig in rocks big water people people of the deer at the place where the stones are gathered together place always to get iris plant root people of the west when arrows were flying mound of earth in the corner people of the small point people of the tidewaters to push forward those who live off the flats cultivated field in an arroyo (tewa word) where the people live level part people of the long neck or peninsula people living together as a mixture freshwater fishing place or small pond, people of the fresh water people of the Nass River people of the middle water those who turn back mountain men along the coast, along the mountains people of the still waters between rapids people of the clouds arc of mountains rising out of the sea scatters their own to roast till puckered up, those who stammer head, top of head blackwater where water boils up upstream people or people going against the current a boulder standing up, people of the standing stone people on top of the hills hostile people (pima word) to trade lechers those who carry on the back, people talking right Top of Page dusty nones people of the gap rising upland across the water men altogether red desert people, bean people the ones who like to laugh bread people plenty of pollock where the narrows open out horn people, men of men, look like wolves people of the west place where the water drips honey eaters hangs from the ear something buried down hill it forks on the white rocks or the descending ledge place, at the stone place hair people permanent place, always place tribes near the great lakes carrying a pack on his back fox people or destroyers torn-ear people mountain warrior people scabby robes the ones from the flat lake poor robe big swamp river people, (papago word for "I don't know") where you sink in the bog drinking place people of the place of the fire, keepers of the fire, (fire nation, fire people) falls in a current of water stony ground shadow people that live among the rocks antelope where the dog salmon run downstream people downstream people those who descended Eansketambawg, long water country prairie people foot runner people of the yellow earth or people of the outlet people of the bush flatheads willow people, people of the meander sticky earth place where the water cuts down through strong people dusty place without bows dancing place valley of the rose water at the river forks the ones that were found here strong people of status dwellers on the rocks half moon separatist, runaway or breakaway, peninsula people place of stone, people of the standing rock, great hill people south or southerners burned thighs blackfeet blackfeet or black foot snake (french version of other tribe's name) dwellers of the fish ground lots of cracks in the rocks red paint stone river people, strong people strong water people of many names flat along edge sun people or children of the sun (generally accepted) little flat the beating Heart people of the west wind big flat opening people of the muddy river Top of Page fish trap or spring ice is breaking up something heavy in the water we the good people those living along the river out tail liver eaters corn gatherers southern men our village foot runner people facing the sun people of the copper water river bend among red hills people who live at the head of the waters friendly down stream middle people cottonwood tree place dwellers of the prairie moccasins dog-flank people facepaint from the red rock people of the mountains dwellers of the plains people by the edge of the bay cattail eaters or tule eaters master builders (Nahuatl word) confluent stream people of the earth they all stay together or most human of people, people of the wolf people of the narrow place in front, people of the narrow channel bitten breast lives among the beavers houses raised up beach at the mouth, facing the sea people of the mountains people of the interior (niska word) clay people people of the river, inside the Skeena River people of the inlet children of the sun great number of people pinenut eaters (shoshone word) sheep eater where the river bends hemp gatherers, the shirt wearing people two boilings there inside the bay valley people good feeding place where animals get fat tidewater people land of the sun people who live on or by the caribou trail dwellers among the lakes those who live among the lakes shooters amoung the leaves dwellers amoung the leaves north language (wintun word) blue heron breeding place pine tree people little river eastern people opossum people brave people of the narrow river cup, small horn bowl, those who have the cup the forest people, light skinned ones, people who live near the river eddy, people of the whirlpool peninsula people people of spirit, people of breath big arbor (choctaw word), raccoon eyes filthy water people roaring water people of the bright river people of the peninsula, islanders groundhog eaters runaway, pregnant people, people of the narrows rooteaters or yapeaters the people where the rock is standing people of the sun, crooked mouth people those living at ayankeld situated yonder people of the pines stranger or enemy (wintun word) downstream (karok word) scattered hills place rock slide pueblo American Indian author and member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma |
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