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ABEDABUN: Cheyenne: "sight of day."
ABEQUA, ABEQUE: Cheyenne: "stays at home."
ABETZI: Omaha: " yellow leaf."
ABEY: Omaha: " leaf."
ABEYTU: Omaha: " green leaf."
ADOETTE: large tree
ADSILA: Cherokee: "blossom."
AIYANA: "Forever flowering; eternal blossom."
ALAMEDA: "grove of cottonwood"
ALAQUA: "sweet gum tree"
ALAWA: Algonquin: "pea."
ALESHANEE: Coos : "She plays all the time"
ALGOMA: "valley of flowers"
ALSOOMSE: Algonquin: "independent."
ALTSOBA: Navajo: "all war; All are at war"
AMADAHY: Cherokee: "forest water."
AMAYETA: Miwok : Meaning is unknown
AMITOLA: "rainbow"
ANABA: Navajo: "returns from war; She returns from war"
ANEMY: "Superior"
ANEVAY: "superior"
ANGENI: "spirit"
ANGPETU: Sioux: " Radiant"
ANGWUSNASOMTAQA: Hopi : "crow mother spirit."
ANKTI: Hopi : "repeat dance."
ANNA: Algonquin: "mother."
ANPAYTOO: Sioux: " radiant."
APONI: butterfly
AQUENE: peace
ASDZA: Navajo: "woman."
AT'EED: Navajo: "girl."
ATEPA: Choctaw: "wigwam."
AWANATA: Miwok: " turtle."
AWENASA: Cherokee: "my home."
AWENDELA: morning
AWENTIA: fawn
AWINITA: Cherokee: "fawn."
AYASHE, AYASHA: Cheyenne: "little one."
AYITA: Cherokee: "first to dance."
B
BENA: "pheasant"
BLY: "tall"
C
CALFURAY: Mapuche: "violet flower"
CATORI: Hopi: "spirit."
CHA'KWAINA: Hopi : "one who cries."
CHA'RISA: Hopi : "elk."
CHAPA: Sioux : " beaver."
CHAPAWEE: Sioux: "Industrious"
CHA'RISA: Hopi: "Elk"
CHENOA: "dove"
CHEPI: Algonquin : "fairy."
CHILAILI: "snowbird"
CHIMALIS: "bluebird"
CHITSA: "fair"
CHOCHMINGWU: Hopi : "corn mother."
CHOLENA: "bird"
CHOSOVI: Hopi : "bluebird."
CHOSPOSI: Hopi : "bluebird eye."
CHU'MANA: Hopi : "snake maiden."
CHU'SI: Hopi : "snake flower."
CHUMANI: Sioux : " dewdrops."
COCHETA: "stranger"
D
DENA: "valley"
DEZBA: Navajo : "goes to war; there was no war"
DIBE: Navajo : " sheep."
DOBA: Navajo : " no war."
DOLI: Navajo : " bluebird."
DONOMA: Omaha : " sight of the sun; visible sun"
DOWANHOWEE: Sioux: "Singing voice"
DYANI: "deer"
E
EHAWEE: Sioux : " laughing maiden."
ELU: Zuni: "Beautiful"
ENOLA: "solitary"
ETENIA: "rich"
EYOTA: "great"
F
FALA: Choctaw : "crow."
FLO: "arrow"
G
GAHO: mother
GALILAHI: Cherokee : "attractive."
GENESSEE: Iroquois: "beautiful valley"
H
HACHI: Seminole: "stream"
HAIWEE: Shoshone: "Dove"
HAKIDONMUYA: Hopi : "time of waiting moon; time of waiting"
HALOKE: Navajo : " salmon."
HALONA: of happy fortune
HANTAYWEE: Sioux : " faithful."
HATEYA: Miwok: "to press with the foot"
HAUSIS, HAUSISSE: Algonquin : "old woman."
HEHEWUTI: Hopi : "warrior mother spirit."
HELKI: Miwok : " touch."
HONOVI: Hopi : "strong deer."
HUATA: Miwok : " carrying seeds in a basket; to carry seeds"
HUMITA: Hopi : "shelled corn."
HURIT: Algonquin : "beautiful."
HUYANA: Miwok : " falling rain; rain falling"
I
IMALA: "disciplines"
ISI: Choctaw : "deer."
ISTAS: "snow"
ITUHA: "sturdy oak or white stone"
J
JACI: Tupi: " moon"
K
KACHINA: Hopi : "spirit, sacred dancer."
KAI: Navajo : " willow tree."
KAKAWANGWA: Hopi : "bitter."
KALISKA: Miwok : " coyote chasing deer."
KANTI: Algonquin : "sings."
KASA: Hopi : "dressed in furs."
KAYA: Hopi : "elder sister."
KEEGSQUAW: Algonquin : "virgin."
KEEZHEEKONI: Cheyenne : "burning fire."
KEEZHEEKONI: Chippewa: "fire briskly burning"
KEWANEE: Potawatomi: "prairie hen"
KIMAMA: Shoshone : "butterfly."
KIMI: Algonquin : "secret."
KIMIMELA: Sioux : " butterfly."
KINEKS: "rosebud"
KIWIDINOK: Cheyenne : "of the wind."
KIWIDINOK: Chippewa: "woman of the wind"
KOKO: Blackfoot : "night."
KOKYANGWUTI: Hopi : "spider woman at middle-age."
KOLENYA: Miwok : " coughing fish."
KUWANLELENTA: Hopi : "to make beautiful surroundings."
KUWANYAMTIWA: Hopi : "beautiful badger going over the hill."
KUWANYAUMA: Hopi : "butterfly showing beautiful wings."
KWANITA: Zuni: "god is gracious"
L
LEOTIE: flower of the prairie
LENMANA: Hopi : "flute girl."
LEQUOIA: meaning unknown (probably an alteration of sequoia, name of a
giant redwood tree)
LILUYE: Miwok : " singing chicken hawk that soars."
LISELI: Zuni name. Meaning unknown
LITONYA: Miwok : " darting hummingbird; hummingbird darting"
LOMAHONGVA: Hopi : "beautiful clouds arising."
LOMASI: "pretty flower"
LULU: "rabbit"
LUYO: "wild dove"
LUYU: "wild dove"
M
MACAWI: Sioux : " generous."
MACHA: Sioux: "aurora"
MAGASKAWEE: Sioux : " graceful; swan maiden or graceful"
MAGENA: "moon"
MAHAL: "woman"
MAHU: Hopi myth name.
MAI: "coyote"
MAKA: Sioux : " earth."
MAKAWEE: Sioux : " mothering; earth maiden or generous"
MAKKITOTOSIMEW: Algonquin : "she has large breasts."
MALIA: Zuni : " bitter;bitter or sea of bitterness"
MALILA: Miwok : " fast salmon swimming up a rippling stream;salmon going
fast up a rippling stream"
MANABA: Navajo : " return to war; war returned with her coming"
MANKALITA: Zuni name. Meaning unknown
MANSI: Hopi : "plucked flower."
MAPIYA: Sioux : " sky; sky or heavenly"
MARALAH: born during an earthquake
MAUSI: plucks flowers
MEDA: prophetess
MELI: Zuni : " bitter."
MEMDI: henna
MEOQUANEE: Cheyenne : "wears red."
MEOQUANEE: Chippewa: "wears red"
MIGISI: Cheyenne : "eagle."
MIAKODA: power of the moon
MIGINA: Omaha : " returning moon."
MIGISI: Chippewa: "eagle"
MIKA: intelligent raccoon
MIMITEH: Omaha : " new moon."
MINAL: fruit
MISAE: Osage : "white sun."
MITENA: Omaha: "born under coming or new moon"
MITUNA: Miwok : " wraps salmon in willow leaves."
MONA: gathered of the seed of a jimson weed
MOSI: Navajo : " cat."
MUNA: Hopi : "overflowing spring."
N
NADIE: Algonquin : "wise."
NAHIMANA: Sioux : " mystic."
NAMID: Cheyenne : "star dancer."
NASCHA: Navajo : " owl."
NASHOTA: "twin"
NATA: "speaker"
NIABI: Osage : "fawn."
NIDAWI: Omaha : " fairy."
NIJLON: Algonquin : "mistress."
NINA: "strong"
NINOVAN: Cheyenne: "our home"
NITA: Choctaw : "bear."
NITTAWOSEW: Algonquin : "she is not sterile."
NITUNA: "daughter"
NOKOMIS: Cheyenne : "grandmother."
NOKOMIS: Chippewa: "grandmother"
NOVA: Hopi : "chases butterfly."
NUKPANA: Hopi : " evil."
NUMEES: Algonquin : "sister."
NUNA: "land"
NUTTAH: Algonquin : "my heart."
O
ODAHINGUM: Cheyenne : "rippling water."
ODINA: Algonquian: "mountain"
OGIN: "wild rose"
OJINJINTKA: Sioux: "rose"
OLATHE: "beautiful"
OMINOTAGO: Cheyenne : "beautiful voice."
OMUSA: Miwok : " misses with arrows; missing when shooting with arrows"
ONATAH: Iroquois : "of the earth."
ONAWA: "wide awake"
ONIDA: "the one searched for"
OOLJEE: Navajo : " moon."
OOTA DABUN: Algonquin : "day star."
OPA: Choctaw: "owl"
ORENDA: Iroquois : "magic power."
P
PAKWA: Hopi : " frog."
PAKUNA: Miwok : " deer jumping downhill."
PAMUYA: Hopi : " water moon."
PAPINA: Miwok : " vine growing around an oak tree."
PATI: Miwok : " break by twisting; fish basket"
PAUWAU: Algonquin : " witch."
PAVATI: Hopi : " clear water."
PAZI: Ponca: "yellow bird"
PELIPA: Zuni: "lover of horses"
PETA, PETAH: Blackfoot : " golden eagle"
PETUNIA: flower name
POLIKWAPTIWA: Hopi : " butterfly sitting on a flower."
POLOMA: Choctaw : " bow."
POSALA: Miwok : " farewell to spring flowers."
POWAQA: Hopi : " witch."
PTAYSANWEE: Sioux : " white buffalo."
PULES: Algonquin : "pigeon."
Q
QUANAH : Comanche: " fragrant"
R
ROZENE: "rose"
S
SAHKYO: Navajo : " mink."
SALALI: Cherokee : "squirrel."
SANUYE: Miwok : " red cloud at sundown."
SAPATA: Miwok: "dancing bear"
SATINKA; SANTINKA: "magical dancer"
SHADA: "pelican"
SHADI: Navajo : " older sister."
SHESHEBENS: Cheyenne : "small duck."
SHIDEEZHI: Navajo : " younger sister."
SHIMA: Navajo : " mother."
SHIMASANI: Navajo : " grandmother."
SHUMAN: Hopi : " rattlesnake handler."
SIHU: Hopi : " flower."
SIKYA: Hopi: "small canyon"
SINOPA: Blackfoot : "fox; kit fox"
SIPATU: Miwok: "pulled out"
SISIKA: "bird"
SITALA: Miwok : " of good memory; display memory"
SITSI: Navajo : " daughter."
SNANA: Sioux: "jingle like little bells"
SOKANON: Algonquin : "rain."
SOKW: Algonquin : "sour."
SONOMA: Miwok: "ground place"
SOOLEAWA: Algonquin : "silver."
SOYALA: Hopi : " time of the winter solstice."
STINKA: "magical dancer"
SULETU: Miwok : " flies; to fly around"
SUNI NATI: Zuni: "middle"
SUNKI: Hopi : " to catch up with."
T
TAA: Zuni: "seed"
TABLITA: Hopi : " tiara; crown"
TADEWI: Omaha : " wind."
TADITA: Omaha : " one who runs."
TAHKI: Algonquin: "cold"
TAIGI, TAINI: Omaha : " returning moon."
TAIMA:"thunder"
TAINI: Omaha: "new moon"
TAIPA: Miwok : " spread wings; flying quail"
TAKALA: Hopi : " corn tassel."
TAKCHAWEE: Sioux : " doe."
TAKHI: Algonquin : "cold."
TALA: "wolf"
TALULAH: Choctaw : "leaping water."
TALUTAH: Sioux : " blood-red."
TAMA: "thunder"
TANSY: Hopi : " name of a flower."
TAYANITA: Cherokee : "young beaver."
TEHYA: "precious"
TIPONI: Hopi : " child of importance."
TIS-SEE-WOO-NA-TIS: Cheyenne : "she who bathes with her knees."
TIVA: Hopi : " dance."
TOLINKA: Miwok : " flapping ear of a coyote; coyote's long ears
flapping"
TOTSI: Hopi : " moccasins."
TUSA: Zuni: "prairie dog"
TUWA, TUUWA: Hopi : " earth."
U
UNA: Hopi : " remember."
UNEGA: Cherokee: "white"
URIKA: Omaha : " useful to all; useful"
USDI: Cherokee: "baby"
UTINA: Timucua: "woman of my country"
W
WACHIWI: Sioux : " dancer; dancing girl"
WAKANDA: Sioux : " possesses magical power."
WAKI: Hopi : " shelter."
WANETA: "charger"
WAPUN: Potawatomi: "dawn"
WAUNA: Miwok : " singing snow goose."
WAWETSEKA: Potawatomi: "pretty woman"
WEAYAYA: Sioux: "sunset"
WEEKO: Sioux : " pretty."
WENONA: "firstborn daughter"
WICAPI WAKAN, WIKAPI WAKAN: Dakota : "holy star."
WICHAHPI: Sioux: "star"
WIHAKAYDA: Sioux : " little one."
WIKIMAK: Algonquin : "wife."
WINEMA: "chief"
WINONA, WENONA, WENONAH: Sioux : "giving; first born daughter"
WITASHNAH: Sioux : " virginal."
WUTI: Hopi : " woman."
WYANET: "beautiful"
WYOME: Algonquian: "large plain"
X
XOCHITL: Nahuatl : "flower"
Y
YAMKA: Hopi : " blossom."
YANABA: Navajo: "she meets the enemy"
YATOKYA: Zuni: "sun"
YAZHI: Navajo : " little one."
YENENE: Miwok: "medicine man"
YEPA: "snow woman"
YOKI: Hopi : " rain."
YONA: Cherokee: "bear"
YUTU: Miwok: "coyote out hunting"
Z
ZALTANA: "high mountain"
ZIHNA: Hopi : " spins."
ZITKALA: Dakota : "bird."