First Nations Names for Sasquatch
Canadian Names
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| 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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