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What is Sasquatch: Canadian Names
First Nations Names for Sasquatch
There is controversy over whether some of these names have anything at all to do with sasquatch or not. The listing for Windego is one of them. To read more about this, go to the Aboriginal Names page.
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Tribe names are listed Alphabetically
| Tribe | Traditional Name | Translation | Location | Language |
| Hare First Nations | Iariyin | Bushman | Subarctic Region: B.C. and N.W.T. | Athabascan Language |
| Innu or Montagnais and Naskapi People | Atcen, Atshen | Unknown | Subarctic Region: In eastern Quebec and Labrador. The Naskapi are the most northerly Innu people in Ungava Bay, northern Labrador coast, and northern Quebec Eastern Woodlands Region: The Montagnais occupy the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence | Innu-aimun Language or Montagnais Their language is related to that spoken by Cree in James Bay region of Quebec and Ontario (see Atikamekw listing) |
| Inuit (See U.S. Names - Inuit) | Tornit | Unknown | Arctic Regions: NWT, Nunavut, Quebec and northern Labrador. Also Alaska, U.S.A | Eskimo-Aleut Language of Inuit |
| Iroquois Confederacy of 6 Tribes (See U.S. Names - Iroquois Confederacy of 6 Tribes) | Ot ne yar heh | Stonish Giant | Eastern Woodland Region: Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Also in northeastern U.S., in New England, upstate New York and Pennsylvania | Iroquoian Languages |
| Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations or Kwaguilth | Buk’was Dsonaq’wa Dzonokwa Dsonoqua Dzonoq!wa Dzunukwa Tsonaqua Tsonoqua | Wildman of the woods Wild man, Woodman Wild woman of the woods A female hair-covered giant Wild woman of the woods | Northwest Coast Region: Midway down B.C. coast at Fort Rupert near Port Hardy | Wakasham Language of Kwak’walam |
| Lenape or Lenni-Lenape First Nations (or Delaware Indians) (See U.S. Names - Lenape or Lenni-Lenape Native American) | Mesingw Misinghalikun Wsinkhoalican | The Mask Being Living Solid Face The Game Keeper | Eastern Woodlands Region: Southwestern Ontario, near Sarnia, St. Thomas and Brantford. Also Delaware River, Hudson River, western Long Island Sound, now New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, U.S.A. | Algonquian Language of Lenape or Delaware (Algic Language Family) |
| Micmac or L’nu, Mi’kmaq First Nations (See U.S. Names - Micmac Native American) | Gougou | Unknown | Eastern Woodlands Region: P.E.I., New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Gaspe Penninsula, Quebec. Also Maine, U.S.A. | Algonquian Language (Algic Language Family) |
| Nootka, now Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations group | Cacuuqhsta (currently used) Matlose Matlox Pokmis | Sasquatch-like creatures Unknown Monstrous hairy giant Wild-man-of-the-woods | Northwest Coast Region: Much of the west coast of Vancouver Island | Wakashan Language of Nuu-chah-nulth |
| Ojibway and Cree First Nations groups - Anishinabe or Oji-Cree | Manasoocan | Tall hairy man-like thing with red burning eyes that has a very bad smell | Eastern Woodlands Region: Northern Ontario | Algonquian Language of Ojibwe (Algic Language Family) |
| Ojibway and Cree First Nations groups - Anishinabe | Pagwadj’inini Bugwayj'inini | Wild man Wildman | Eastern Woodlands Region: Parts of Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec | Algonquian Language of Ojibwe (Algic Language Family) |
| Okanogan First Nations, Interior Salish people (See U.S. Names - Okanogan Native American) | Sne nah | Owl Woman | Plateau Region: In the Okanagan Valley from the head of the Okanagan Lake to the Columbia River in Washington State, U.S.A. | Okanagan Language |
| Dakota Sioux First Nations or Santee (Eastern Plains Indian) (See U.S. Names - Dakota Sioux Native American) | Chiha tanka | Big Elder Brother | Plains Region: Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Also Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, U.S.A. | Siouan Language |
| Lakota Sioux First Nations (Western Plains Indian) (See U.S. Names - Lakota Sioux Native American) | Chiye tanka | Big Elder Brother | Plains Region: Saskatchewan. Also (Teton) Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota. | Siouan Language of Lakota |
| Tsimshian or Nishga First Nations group (See U.S. Names - Tsimshian Native American) | Ba’oosh or ba’wis Gyaedem, gilhaoli Gyaedem ryaldo Unknown | Ape, monkey, bigfoot, anything that imitates man Men-of-the-woods Men of the woods Cannibal | Northwest Coast and Subarctic Regions: North coast of B.C. along the Skeena and Nass Rivers and many islands along the B.C. coast. Also on Annette Island in southeast Alaska, U.S.A. | Penutian Language of Coast Tsimshian |
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