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ABENAKI

Original Name:Abenaki ("dawn people," or easterners), also Alnombak ("the people")

ABENAKI

ALABAMA

Original Name: Alabama ("cleared thicket")

ALABAMA

ALGONQUIN

Original Name: Anishinaabe ("original people").Today the Anishinaabe have two tribes, Ojibway/Ojibwe/Chippewa (Algonquian Indian for "puckered," referring to their moccasin style) and Algonquin (probably a French corruption of either the Maliseet word elehgumoqik, "our allies," or the Mi'kmaq place name Algoomaking, "fish-spearing place.")

ALGONQUIN

APACHE

Original Name: Ndee ("the people"). Apache comes from a Zuni word for "enemy.").

APACHE

ARAPAHO

Original Name: Hinonoeino ("our people").The name Arapaho possibly comes from a Pawnee Indian word for "traders.").

ARAPAHO

ARIKARA

Original Name: Sahnish ("original people"). The name comes from a word in their own language meaning "horns," referring to a tribal hairstyle.

ARIKARA

ASSINIBOINE

Original Name: Nakoda ("allies"). The name Assiniboine comes from an Algonquian Indian word meaning "cooks with stones," or Stoney (English word with the same general meaning).

ASSINIBOINE

ATTIKAMEK

Original Name: Atikamekw ("whitefish people" - also Tête-de-Boule (French translation.)

ATTIKAMEK

BEAVER

Original Name: Dunne-Za ("real people"). The name Beaver is an English translation of a clan name, Tsatinne.

BEAVER

BEOTHUK

Original Name: Beothuk. The Beothuk are extinct today. They were more commonly known as Red Indians (English, after their extensive use of red ochre dye.)

BEOTHUK

BLACKFOOT

Original Name: Siksika ("black foot," referring to their moccasin style.) Band names still in use today include Pikuni ("short robes") and Kainai ("many chiefs.") The English also called the Kainai band the Bloods because of their red face paint.

BLACKFOOT

CADDO

Original Name: Kadohadacho ("true chiefs"/"sharp") or Hasinai ("our own people"). Caddo was an adaptation of the tribal name.

CADDO

CARRIER

Original Name: Dakelh ("water travelers").English translation of the Sekani name for them, referring to the tribe's mourning ritual.)

CARRIER

CAYUGA

Original Name: Gayogohono ("swamp people") also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.")

CAYUGA

CAYUSE

Original Name: Tetawken ("we people"). The name Cayuse came from a French word for a small stone, "cailloux" (pronounced Ca-you)

CAYUSE

CHEROKEE

Original Name:Aniyunwiya ("principal people"). From a Muskogee Indian word for "speakers of another language."). Also known as Tsalagi

CHEROKEE

CHEYENNE

Original Name: Tsitsistas ("the people"). The name Cheyenne comes from a Sioux Indian word for the tribe, possibly meaning "relatives of the Cree.")

CHEYENNE

CHICKASAW

Original Name: Chikasha (the name of a legendary tribal chief)

CHICKASAW

CHIPEWYAN

Original Name: Dene ("the people"). The name Chipewyan comes from a Cree word for "pointed shirt," after a traditional clothing style.

CHIPEWYAN

CHOCTAW

Original Name: Chahta (the name of a legendary tribal chief).

CHOCTAW

COLVILLE

Original Name: Shuyelpee (name of a village). The name Colville was named after the English name for a river in their territory.

COLVILLE

COEUR D'ALENE

Original Name: Schitsu'umsh ("the people found here"). Coeur d'Alene means "heart of an awl", reflecting the French fur traders' experience of the tribal traders as tough businessmen, "sharp-hearted" or "shrewd".

COEUR D'ALENE

COMANCHE

Original Name: Numinu ("the people"). The name Comanche comes from a Ute word meaning "they fight with us.")

COMANCHE

CREE

Original Name: Iyiniwok/Ininiwok ("the people") or Nehiyawok ("Cree speakers"). The word Cree is derived from the French name for the tribe, Kristeneaux, of uncertain origin.

CREE

CREEK

Original Name: Muskogee (meaning not known, may originally have been a Muskogee chief's name).The name Creek was named after the English name for a river in their homeland; also Seminole (from a Spanish word meaning "wild.").

CREEK

CROW

Original Name: Absaroke ("children of the big-beaked bird")

CROW

DAKOTA SIOUX

Original Name: Dakota ("the allies."). Band names include Sisseton ("marsh dwellers,") Wahpeton ("forest dwellers,") and Yankton ("living far away."). The name Sioux comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "little snakes."

DAKOTA SIOUX

DELAWARE

Original Name: Lenape ("the people"), Lenni Lenape ("true people"). The English name for the tribe came from the Delaware River, which was originally named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, the governor of the Colony of Virginia at the time the river was first explored by Europeans in the late 1500's.

DELAWARE

DOGRIB

Original Name: Thlingchadine ("dog flank people," from a traditional legend). Dogrib is the English translation of the tribal name.

DOGRIB

FOX INDIAN

Original Name: Meskwaki ("red earth people"). Fox Indian is possibly an English translation of a clan name.

FOX INDIAN

GROS VENTRE

Original Name: A'aninin ("white clay people"). The name Gros Ventre means "big belly," and it is unknown why the French called them this.

GROS VENTRE

GWICH'IN

Original Name: Gwich'in ("the people"), also known as Kutchin.

GWICH'IN

HARE

Original Name: Kawchottine ("big hare people"). The name Hare was the anglicized translation of the original tribal name.

HARE

HAVASUPAI

Original Name: Havasupai ("people of the blue-green water"). The original name was not changed.

HAVASUPAI

HIDATSA

Original Name: Hidatsa (from the name of a village), also Gros Ventre (French for "big belly,") and Minitari (from a Mandan word for "across the water.").

HIDATSA

HO-CHUNK

Original Name: Ho-Chunk ("big voice"), also known as Winnebago from an Algonquian word for "smelly water.".

HO-CHUNK

HOPI

Original Name: Hopi ("peaceful person,", "civilized person"). Original name not changed.

HOPI

HUALAPAI

Original Name: Hualapai ("people of the pine trees"). Original name was not changed.

HUALAPAI

ILLINI

Original Name: Illiniwek ("the best people"). A band name still in use today is Peoria ("backpack people."). The Illini were also known as the Illinois Indians (English and French corruptions of the original tribal name.

ILLINI

INGALIK

Original Name: Degexit'an ("people of this land"). The name Ingalik derives from an Inuktitut word for "Indian people.".

INGALIK

INNU

Original Name: Innu ("the people"). The Innu are also known as Montagnais (French word for "mountain people") and Naskapi (band name, means "bad dressers&quo

INNU

INUIT

Original Name: Inuit ("the people").They were also called Eskimo, from a Cree name for the Inuit meaning either "raw meat eaters" or "snowshoe lacers."

INUIT

IOWAY

Original Name: Baxoje/Pahoja ("gray snow"). The name Ioway comes from a word in their language meaning "sleepy," - unknown how this came to be a tribal name.

IOWAY

IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY

Original Name: Kanonsionni ("people of the longhouse"), more recently Haudenosaunee. The word Iroquois comes from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.".

IROQUOIS

KALISPEL

Original Name: Kalispel ("camas people"). The Kalispel were also referred to as "Pend d'Oreilles" (French for "ear pendants," which the people wore.

KALISPEL

KAROK

Original Name: Karok ("upriver").

KAROK

KAW/KANSA

Original Name: Kanza ("wind people"). The names Kaw/Kansa come from the original tribal name.

KAW/KANSA

KICKAPOO

Original Name: Kiwigapawa ("wanderer," in Shawnee). The Kickapoos split off from the Shawnee tribe. The word Kickapoo was derived from the original tribal name.

KICKAPOO

KIOWA

Original Name: Gaigwu ("principal people"). The name Kiowa comes from the original tribal name.

KIOWA

KLAMATH

Original Name: Maklak ("the people"). The origin of the name Klamath is unknown.

KLAMATH

KLICKITAT

Original Name: Qwulhhwaipum ("prairie people"). Klickitat comes from a Chinook word for "beyond the mountains.".

KLICKITAT

KWAKIUTL

Original Name: Kwakwaka'wakw ("speakers of our language"). Kwakiutl came from one of their band names.

KWAKIUTL

LAKOTA SIOUX

Original Name: Lakota ("the allies") or Teton ("prairie dwellers."). "Sioux" comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "little snakes.").

LAKOTA SIOUX

MALISEET

Original Name: Wolastoqiyik ("Beautiful River," - name of the river running through their homeland). Maliseet comes from a Mi'kmaq Indian word meaning "talks imperfectly.")

MALISEET

MANDAN

Original Name: Numakiki ("people").Mandan comes from a Sioux word for "riverbank people.").

MANDAN

MENOMINEE

Original Name: Mamaceqtaw ("the people"). The name Menominee comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "wild rice people.").

MENOMINEE

MIAMI

Original Name: Myaamia ("allies"). Miami or Maumee comes from the original tribal name.

MIAMI

MICCOSUKEE

Original Name: Mikasuki ("boar clan"). Miccosukee comes from the original tribal name, also Seminole (from a Spanish word meaning "wild.").

MICCOSUKEE

MI'KMAQ

Original Name: L'nu'k ("the people"). The word Mi'kmaq means "my friends".

MI'KMAQ

MOHEGAN

Original Name: Mohingan ("wolf", probably originally a clan name which became a tribal name later) The name Mohegan is sometimes mistakenly called Mohican by non-Indians.

MOHEGAN

MOHICAN

Original Name: Muheconneok ("Running Waters,"; name of a river in their homeland). The Mohicans were also known as the Stockbridge Indians, the name of a town they settled in temporarily.

MOHICAN

MUNSEE

Original Name: Minisink ("rocky land"). The name Munsee is a derivative of the original tribal name.

MUNSEE

MOHAWK

Original Name: Kanienkehaka ("people of the flint"). The word Mohawk comes from an Algonquian word meaning "man-eaters,"; also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.").

MOHAWK

NANTICOKE

Original Name: Nantego ("tidewater people"). The name Nanticoke is a derivative of the original tribal name.

NANTICOKE

NARRAGANSETT

Original Name: Nanigansek ("Small Point," a geographical location in their homeland). The name Narragansett comes from the original tribal name.

NARRAGANSETT

NAVAJO

Original Name: Dine'e ("the people"). The name Navajo comes from a Tewa word for "planted fields.").

NAVAJO

OMAHA

Original Name: Umon'hon ("against the current"). The word is a derivative of the tribal name.

OMAHA

ONEIDA

Original Name: Onyota'aka ("people of the standing stone"). Oneida comes from the tribal name. Also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.").

ONEIDA

ONONDAGA

Original Name: Onundaga'ono ("people of the hills"). The word Onondaga comes from the original tribal name. Also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.").

ONONDAGA

OSAGE

Original Name: Niukonska ("middle water"). The name Osage comes from Wazhazhe, a band name.

OSAGE

OTTAWA

Original Name: Odawa ("traders"). The name Ottawa is based on the original tribal name, and the Canadian city of the same name is named after this tribe.

OTTAWA

PASSAMAQUODDY

Original Name: Peskotomuhkati ("pollock-spearers"). Passamaquoddy comes from the original tribal name.

PASSAMAQUODDY

PENOBSCOT

Original Name: Panawahpskek ("Rocks Spread Out,", geographical location in their homeland). The name Penobscot is a derivative of their original tribal name.

PENOBSCOT

POTOWATOMI

Original Name: Bode'wadmi ("firekeepers,", traditional religious role). The name Potawatomi comes from the tribal name.

POTOWATOMI

POWHATAN

Original Name: Powhatan ("falling water,", the name of their principal village). However, many tribes of the old confederacy have returned to using their own names (Pamunkey, Mattaponi, etc.)

POWHATAN

QUAPAW

Original Name: Ugakhpa ("downstream people"). The word Quapaw comes from the tribal name.

QUAPAW

SEKANI

Original Name: Tse'khene ("people of the rocks"). Sekani is a derivative of the tribal name.

SEKANI

SENECA

Original Name: Onandowaga ("people of the mountain"). The word Seneca is possibly a corrupted version of an Onandowaga village name, Osininka). Also Iroquois (from an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes.").

SENECA

SHAWNEE

Original Name: Shawanwa ("southerner").Shawnee is derived from the original tribal name.

SHAWNEE

SLAVEY

Original Name: Dene Tha ("true people"). The name Slavey comes from the Cree name for them, which meant "servile ones.").

SLAVEY

TANAINA

Original Name: Dena'ina ("the people"). The name Tanaina comes from the original tribal name.

TANAINA

TONKAWA

Original Name: Titska Watich ("civilized people"). Tonkawa comes from the Waco name for the tribe, meaning "they keep together.")

TONKAWA

TAHLTAN

Original Name: Titcakhanotene (from a place name in their territory). Tahltan is the Tlingit name of their tribe, possibly also a place name in the Tlingit language.

TAHLTAN

TUSCARORA

Original Name: Skarooren ("hemp gathererers").Tuscarora is derived from their tribal name.

TUSCARORA

UTE

Original Name: Nuutsiu or Nunt zi ("the people"). The name Ute is probably a corruption of their original tribal name; it does not mean "mountain" as is popularly believed.

UTE

WAMPANOAG

Original Name: Wampanoag ("eastern people"), also Massachusett (range of hills) and Pokanoket (name of their principal village).

WAMPANOAG

WENDAT/WYANDOT

Original Name: Wendat ("islanders"). The names Wendat/Wyandot are Huron for a French word for "wild boar.")

WENDAT/WYANDOT

WIYOT

Original Name: Wiyot (name of a river in their homeland)

WIYOT

YAVAPAI

Original Name: Yavapai ("people of the sun")

YAVAPAI

YUROK

Original Name: Olekwo'l ("the people"). The name Yurok is derived from a Karok word for "downriver.")

YUROK

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