Alternative Tribal Names
Many tribes have more than one name. Some tribes have a name they give to the world, and another name which was meant to be used only amoungst themselves. Some tribes became know by the names other tribes called them. For example, Cherokee is name given to them by others. Eventually, so many Europeans/Americans and other tribes called them this, they started calling themselves Cherokee, too. There are many variations on how Europeans spelled tribal names. Lewis & Clark refer to the IOWA (pronounced Eye-oh-way) Indians with spellings that varied from page to page. I have not included every possible phonetic spelling, just some of the major ones.
One additional point, some tribes have been refered to by a name which is not their real name, nor do they officially
acknowledge that name. However, because it has been misused so often, I have listed the incorrect name. I have listed it so
readers could understand the original reference.
abenaki (western): alnonba, abnaki
adai: nateo
adamstown: upper mattaponi
alabama: alibamu
aleut: alutiiq, unangan
anadarko: nadaco
anishinabeg: chippewa, ojibwa
apache: n de,dine,tinde,inde,shis inde,
apache mohave: yavapai
appomattoc: apamatuks
arapahoe: inunaina, atsina
arikara: northern pawnee
assiniboin: hohe
athapaskan: dene
atsina: haaninin
aztec: nahua, nahuatl
bannock: panaiti
bear river indians: niekeni
bellabella: heiltsuqu, heiltsuk
bellacoola: nuxalk
blackfoot: nitsi-tapi, peigan, piegan, pikuni (northern),
sarcee, siksika,
sisaka (southern), sihasapa, stoney
blood: kainai, kainaiwa
brule sioux: si can gu
caddo: adai, eyeish, hasinai, hainai, kadohodacho,
kadohadacho confederacy, natchitoches
calusa: calos, carlos, muspa
campo: kumeyaay
Carrier: wet'suwet'en
catawba: esaw, ushery
cayuga: kweniogwen, iroquois
cayuse: wailetpu, te-taw-ken
chakchiuma: shaktci homma
chemehuevi: tantawats
chetco: tolowa
cherokee: tsa-la-gi, keetoowah, ani-yun-wiya,
anikituhwagi
cheyenne: dzi tsi stas, sowonia (southern),
o mi sis (northern)
chippewa: anishinabeg, ojibwa
chitimacha: pantch-pinunkansh
choctaw: chakchiuma, chatot
chumash: santa barbara indians
clackamas: guithlakimas
clallam: s'klallam, nusklaim,tlalem
cocopah: xawitt kunyavaei (navajo name for them meaning
"river people"
coeur d'alene: skitswish
comanche: detsanayuka, kotsoteka, nermernuh, noconi,
nokoni, numunuu,
padouca (sioux word), penateka, pennande,
quahadi,
yamparika
comox: catloltx
copane: kopano, quevenes
cora: nayarit
coushatta: koasati, acoste
cowichan: khowutzun
cree: kenistenoag,iyiniwok
creek: muskogee, abihika, abeika, hitchiti
crow: absaroke
cuthead: pabaksa
delaware: lenni lenape, lenape, abnaki, alnanbai,
wampanoag,
munsee, unami, unalachitgo, powhatan-renápe
dieguenos: comeya, tipai, ipai, kumeyaay
eskimo: inuit, inupiat, inuvialuit, yupik
fox: mesquaki
ganawese: conoys, piscataways
gros ventre: atsina (prairie), hidatsa (missouri),
ah-ah-nee-nin, minnetaree
hainai: ioni
havasupai: suppai
hopi: hopitu,hopitu shinumu, moqui, hapeka
hualapai: hwal'bay, walapai
hupa: natinnohhoi
huron: wendat, wyandot
ingalik athapaskans: deg het'an
iowa: pahodja
iroquois: haudenosaunee,hodenosaunee,ongwanosionni,
hotinonshonni
jemez: tuwa
jicarilla apache: tinde
kamia: tipai
kansa: hutanga, kansas, kanza, kaw,
kato: tlokeang
keres: pueblo, acoma, cochiti, isleta, laguna, san
felipe,
santa ana, santo domingo, zia
kickapoo: kiwigapawa
kiowa: kwuda,tepda,tepkinago, gaigwu
kiowa apache: nadiisha dena
klamath: eukshikni maklaks, auksni
klickitat: qwulhhwaipum
kootenai: kuronoqa, kutenai
koso: panamint
kutchin: gwich'in
kutenai: asanka,
lillooet: lil'wat, st'át'imc
lipan: naizhan
lower sioux: mdewakanton, wahpekute
lumbee: cheraw
maicopa: pipatsji
makah: kwenetchechat
mandan: metutahanke (after 1837), numakaki (before
1837)
manhattan: rechgawawank
manso: maise, mansa, manse, manxo, gorreta, gorrite,
tanpachoa
maricopa: xalchidom pii-pash, pipatsje, pee-posh
miami: twightwis, twa-h-twa-h, Wa-ya-ta-no-ke,
oumameg or omaumeg (chippewa), pkiwi-leni (shawnee)
micmac: mi'kmaq
missouri: niutachi
moapa: moapariats
modoc: moatokni, okkowish
mohave: mojave, tzinamaa, ahamakav
mohawk: kanienkahaka, kaniengehage, abenaki, iroquois
molala: latiwe
mono: monache
moratoc: nottoway
mosopelea: ofom
munsee: minasinink
nanticoke: unalachtgo
navajo: diné, dineh, tenuai, navaho
nez perce: kamuinu, nimipu, tsutpeli, sahaptin,
chopunnish (e)
nisga'a: git' lissums
nootka: nuu-chah-nulth
northern ojibwa: saulteaux
ogallala: okandanda
ojibwa: chippewa, anishinabeg, missisauga, saginaw
okanagon: isonkuaili
oneida: iroquois
onondaga: iroquois
osage: wakon, wazhazhe, pahatsi, utsehta
ottawa: adawe
otto: chewaerae
oulaouaes: necariages
paiute: numa
papagos: tohono o'odham, ak-chin, tohono au'autam
passamaquoddy: peskedemakddi
patchogue: unkechaug
pawnee: pariki, chahiksichahiks, ckirihki kuruuriki,
awah.i
pecos: pueblos from jemez
pend d'oreilles: kalispel
penobscot: pannawanbskek, penaubsket
petun: khionontateronon, tionontati
peigan: piegan, blood, kainai, pikuni, pigunni
pima: onk akimel au-authm, tohono o'odham, a-atam,
akimul au'autam, akimel O'oodham
piro: tortuga,
pit river: achomawi, atsugewi
poosepatuck: unkechaug
quapaw: quapah, akansea, ouaguapas
quileute: quil-leh-ute
quinault: qui-nai-elts
sac and fox: sauk, meshkwakihug, fox, british band
sahwnee: shawadasay
salish: okinagan, flathead
sans arc: itazipco
santee: sisseton
saponi: monasukapanough
sarcee: tsuu t'ina
seminole: ikaniuksalgi, alachua, mikasuki
seneca: iroquois
serrano: cowangachem, mohineyam
shawnee: savannah
shoshone: shoshoni, snake
sioux: brule, dakota, hunkpapa, isanyati, itazipco,
lakota, mnikowoju, nakota, ocheti
shakowin,
oglala, oohenunpa, sicangu, sihasapa,
teton,
titunwan
sissipahaw: haw
skagit: humaluh
skoskomish: twana
squinamish: swinomish
slotas: red river metis
songish: lkungen
southern paiute: numa
st.francis: abenaki
st.regis mohawk: akwesasne, kaniengehage
stockbridge: mahican
stoney bearspaw, chiniki, and wesley/goodstoney)
susquehanna: susquehannock, conestoga
taidnapam: upper cowlitz
tejas: hasinai, cenis
tenino: melilema
teton: brule, hunkpapa, itazipco, mnikowoju, oglala,
oohenunpa, sicangu, sihasapa, titunwan
tewa: pueblo, nambe, pojoaque, san ildefonso, san
juan,
santa clara, tesuque
thompson: nlaka'pamux
tigua: pueblo, tiwa, tortuga
tillamook: killamuck
timucua: utina,acuera
tiwa: pueblo, tortuga
tobacco: khionontateronon, tionontati
toltec: chiaimeca mochanecatoca
tonkawa: titskan watitch, titskanwatitch, tonkaweya
tubatulabal: bahkanapul, kern river
tunica: yoron
tuscarora: skarure, iroquois
tututni: tolowa
twana: tuadhu
two kettle: oohenonpa
umpqua: etnemitane
upper chehalis: kwaiailk
upper sioux: sisseton, wahpeton
ute: noochi,notch, nuciu
wampanoag: pokanoket
warm springs: tilkuni
wasco: galasquo
watlala: katlagakya
whilkut: redwood indians
winnebago: winipig
wichita: kitikiti'sh, kidikittashe, Wia chitch (choctaw
word)
wishram: ilaxluit, tlakluit
wyandot: huron, talamatans
yakama: yakima, tiin-ma, waptailmin, pakiutlema
yazoo: chakchiuma
yoncalla: tchayankeld
yuchi: chisa
yuma: quechan, euqchan
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