First Nations Names for Sasquatch
Canadian Names
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| Tribe | Traditional Name | Translation | Location | Language |
| Atikamekw or Attikamekw First Nations (French colonists referred to them as “Tetes-de-Boules” or “ Ball-Heads” or “Round-Heads”) | Atcen or Atshen Kokotshe Witiko | Unknown Unknown Uninown | Subarctic Region: Province of Quebec. In the upper St. Maurice Valley of southwestern Quebec They have close traditional ties to the Innu People | Algonquian Language of Atikamekw, a dialect of Cree language (Algic Language Family) (See Innu or Montagnais and Naskapi) |
| Bella Bella or Heiltsuk First Nations | K!a’waq!a Pkw's | Female cannibal, “cannibal giantess” Unknown | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. In the coastal fiord areas of central B.C., in what is now the village of Bella Bella and Klemtu (both island communities) and other islands off the B.C. coast | Wakashan Language Family, Northern Wakashan Language of Heiltsuk |
| Bella Coola or Nuxalk First Nations | Boq's Bukw’s or Pukw’s Snanaik | Bush man “Wild man of the woods” Unknown | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia, central coast and inland areas. Originally in a vast area from the coast to Bella Coola, south to Namu, east to encompass Charlotte Lake and as far north as Eutsuk Lake. | Salishan Language Family, Language of Nuxalk |
| Chehalis or Sts’ailes First Nations (See U.S. listing – Chehalis Native American) | Sasq’ets | Sasquatch | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. In the Fraser Valley along the Harrison River. Also in western Washington State, along the Chehalis River between Grays Harbour and the headwaters of the Chehalis River | Salishan Language Family, Coast Salishan dialect, Language of Chehalis |
| Coast Salish, Cowichan First Nations | Sacsquec Saskehavas | Sasquatch | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. On islands in the Georgia Strait, and on the southern end of Vancouver Island. | Salishan Language of Halkomelem, subdialect of Hul’qumi’num (Island dialect) |
| Coast Salish, Katzie First Nations They are part of the Sto:lo family of First Nations | Sacsquec Saskehavas | Sasquatch | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. Traditional lands include the entire Pitt watershed in the Fraser Valley, including the Allouette watershed portions of the Fraser River, and lands adjacent to the Fraser River. | Salishan Language of Halkomelem, subdialect of Hunquminum (Downriver dialect) |
| Coast Salish, Klallam First Nations or Clallam (See U.S. Names - Klallam Native Americans) | Seeahtkch Seahtik Selatik Seeahtkoh Ciya tk Teqaqen’ Cicayik ten | Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Tall kneeless monster Monster like Sasquach Sasquach | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. On southern Vancouver Island at Becher Bay. Also on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, U.S.A. Original territory stretched across the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula from the Pacific Ocean to Puget Sound and included the southern tip of Vancouver Island across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. | Salishan Language Family, subdialect of Klallam |
| Coast Salish, Musqueam First Nations | Qelqelitl Sacsquec Saskehavas Sesq’ec, sesquac | Female sasquatch, “a species of manlike animal” Sasquatch Male sasquatch | Northwest Coast Region: Coastal British Columbia. Original territory in the lower Fraser River area, at the mouth of the North Arm of the Fraser River including Burrard Inlet, in what is now the city of Vancouver. (These are the oldest known residents of Vancouver) | Salishan Language of Halkomelem, subdialect of Hunquminum |
| Coast Salish, Nanaimo Native group or Snuneymuxw First Nations | Kwai-a-tlatl Papey’oos Squee’noos Sacsquec Saskehavas | Tree striker Hairy and black, a bit larger than a man Sasquatch | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. Along the eastern coast of south-central Vancouver Island surrounding what is now Nanaimo and on offshore islands including Newcastle Island. (They have lived along the eastern coast of south-central Vancouver Island for 5,000 years) | Salishan Language Halkomelem, subdialect of Hul’qumi’num |
| Coast Salish, Saanich First Nations (See U.S. Names - Saanich Native Americans) | T ew’xwl’ac T amek es Zamakwas | Sasquatch Sasquatch Unknown | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. On the southernmost part of Vancouver Island. Also the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, U.S.A | Salishan Language of Saanich |
| Coast Salish, upriver Sto:lo First Nations or Upper Stalo | Sacsquec Saskehavas Sesxech Suhsq’uhtch slalakums | Sasquatch unknown “men, covered with dark fur, more than eight feet tall, who leave footprints about twenty inches long” The unknown | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. In the lower Fraser Valley from what is now Chilliwack upstream on the Fraser River south to the U.S. border. (They have lived in this area from 5,000 to 10,000 years) | Salishan Language of Halkomelem, upriver dialect of Halq’emeylem |
| Coast Salish - General | Sasahevas | Sasquatch Wild man of the woods | Northwest Coast Region | |
| Coast Salish - General | Kauget See’atco | One who runs and hides | Northwest Coast Region | |
| Comox First Nations, Sliammon Tribal Group | Mai-a-tlatl | Wild, hair-covered manlike creature | Northwest Coast Region: British Columbia. On the eastern half of Vancouver Island, as well as around Toba and Bute Inlets on mainland B.C. | Salishan Language, Comox language group, Sliammon dialect |
| Cree First Nations Anishnabay or Oji-Cree | Manasoocan | Tall hairy man like thing with red burning eyes that had a very bad smell | Eastern Woodlands Region: Northern Ontario | Algonquian Language of Ojibwe (Algic Language Family) |
| Cree First Nations, Plains Cree | Weetekow | Unknown | Plains Region: North central Manitoba. Plains Cree also are westward across Saskatchewan and central Alberta to the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Also in north-central Montana. | Algonquian Language of Cree, dialect of Plains Cree (Algic Language Family) |
| Cree First Nations | Wetiko | Unknown | Plains Region: Saskatchewan | Algonquian Language - Algic |
| Cree First Nations | Windigo * This is not a name for sasquatch. | Unknown | Eastern Woodlands Region: Quebec | Algonquian Language - Algic |
| Witiko | Unknown | Algonquian Language - Algic | ||
| Eastern Athabascan | Windago * This is not a name for sasquatch | “Wicked Cannibal” | Subarctic Region | Athabascan Language |
| Gwich’in First Nations | Na’in | Brushman | Subarctic Region: Yukon and North West Territories (N.W.T.) | Athabascan Language |
| Haida First Nations (See U.S. Names - Haida Native American) | Gagiit Gah-Geet Gogit Guugiit | “man lost in the bush may be transformed into a wild person” Man on all fours, wild man, wild people, land-otter man, Hairy-man Unknown “Wildman that lives in the woods” | Northwest Coast Region: On Haida Gwaii or Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Also southeastern Alaska, as well as southern Prince of Wales Island, U.S.A. | Haida Language |
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