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Tribe names are listed Alphabetically

Tribe	Traditional Name	Translation	Location	Language
Alaskan Athabascan Native American - General	Unknown	The Hairy Man	Alaska	Athabascan Language
Alaska - General	Egeiaks	Unknown
Alutiiq – Eskimo *(Alutiiq/Yukon - see note at left)	Neginla eh	Wood man	Arctic Region: South central Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island, the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound	Eskimo-Aleut Language of Alutiiq
Cherokee Native American	Kecleh-kudleh Nun Yunu Wi	Hairy Savage The Stone Man	Southeastern Region: North Carolina, Tennessee, later Oklahoma	Iroquoian Language of Cherokee
Chinook Native American Chinookan groups include Clackamus, Clatsop	Skookum	Evil God of the Woods	Northwest Coast Region: Lower and middle Columbia River, Oregon and Washington State	Chinookan Languages
	At’at’ahila	Unknown	Northwest Coast Region: Washington State	Chinookan Language – General
Choctaw Native American (or Chahtas)	Kashehotapalo Nalusa Falaya	Unknown	Southeastern Region: Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Louisiana, later Oklahoma	Muskogean Language of Choktaw
Coast Salish, Klallam Native Americans or Clallam See Canadian Names - Coast Salish, Klallam First Nations)	Seeahtkch Seahtik Selatik Seeahtkoh	Unknown	Northwest Coast Region: On the Olympic Pennsula in NW corner of Washington State. Also at Becker Bay, on southern Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada	Salishan Language of Klallam
Coast Salish, Lummi Native American	C’amek’wes	Great tall animal, like a man but shaggy like a bear	Northwest Coast Region: In the Lummi area north and west of Bellingham, NW corner of Washington State	Salishan Language
Coast Salish, Nehalem Tribe of Tillamook Native Americans	Yi’ dyi’tay Xi’lgo	Wild Man Wild Woman	Northwest Coast Region: Northwest Oregon, mouth of the Necanicum River south to Tillamook Bay	Salishan Language of Nehalem
Coast Salish, Saanich Native American (See Canadian Names - Coast Salish, Saanich First Nations)	Zamakwas	Unknown	Northwest Coast Region: Straits of Juan de Fuca, Washington State. Also the southernmost part of Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada	Salishan Language of Saanich
Coast Salish, Twana Native American or Skokomish Native American	C’iatqo Stik Indians	Mountain or forest giants Forest Indians	Northwest Coast Region: Southwest shores of Puget Sound along the Hood Canal, Washington State	Salishan Language of Twana
Colville Native American, 12 Confederated Tribes	Skanicum	Stick Indians	Northwest Coast Region: In eastern Washington State	Salishan Language with many dialects
Coeur d’Alene Native American	Unknown	The Tree Men	Plateau Region: In northern Idaho, eastern Washington State, and western Montana	Interior Salishan language of Coeur d’Alene
Cree Native American - General	Wetiko	Unknown		Algonquian Language of Cree (Algic Language Family
Dena’ina or Tanaina Alaska Native people	Nant’ina	Unknown	Subarctic Region: Southcentral Alaska from Anchorage to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Athabascan Language of the region surrounding Cook Inlet, Language of Dena’ina
Denna or Dena’ina Native American, or Nelchina Plateau Indian	Gilyuk	Big Man with little hat	Subarctic Region: Southcentral Alaska, Nelchina Plateau or Basin area, south of Tyone Lake, Alaska	Athabascan Language of Dena’ina
Kenai, one of four dialects of the Dena’ina Tribe	Nantiinaq	Unknown	Subarctic Region: On the Kenai Peninsula of the southern coast of Alaska	Athabascan Language, a dialect of the Dena’ina Language
Lake Lliamna, one of four dialects of the Dena’ina Tribe	Get’qun	Unknown	Subarctic Region: A lake in southwest Alaska at the base of the Alaska Peninsula	Athabascan Language, a dialect of the Dena’ina Language
SW Alaskan Eskimo - General	Urayuli	Unknown	Subarctic Region: SW Alaska	Eskimo-Aleut Languages
Haida Native American (See Canadian Names - Haida First Nations)	Guugiit	Wildman that lives in the woods	Northwest Coast Region: Southeastern Alaska. Also southern Prince of Wales Island, Canada.	Haida Language
Hupa or Hoopa Native American	Oh Mah	Boss of the Woods	California Region: From the south fork of the Trinity River to the Hoopa valley to the Klamath River in California	Athabascan Language
Hopi Native American, Pueblo people	So’yoko	Unknown	Southwest Region: North eastern Arizona	Uto-Aztecan Language
Inuit (See Canadian Names - Inuit)	Tornit	Unknown	Arctic Region: Alaska. Also NWT, Nunavut, Quebec and northern Labrador, Canada	Eskimo-Aleut Language of Inuit
Iroquois Confederacy of 6 Tribes (See Canadian Names - Iroquois Confederacy of 6 Tribes)	Ot ne yar heh	Stonish Giant	Eastern Woodland Region: Northeastern U.S. in New England, upstate New York and Pennsylvania. Also in Ontario and Quebec, Canada	Iroquoian Languages
Iroquois Confederacy, Seneca Native American Tribe	Ge no sqwa	Stone Giants or Stone Coats	Eastern Woodlands Region: Upstate New York	Iroquoian Language
Karuk or Karok Native American	Madukarahat	Giant	California Region: Along the Klamath River from Bluff Creek and Happy Camp, and into southern Oregon	Karuk or Karok Language, a language isolate with no relation to other languages
Kawaiisu Native American	Miitiipi	Bad luck or disaster	California Region: In the Great Basin of southern California to the Mojave Desert, the Panamint Mtns and the western edge of Death Valley	Uto-Aztecan Language
Klamath Native American	Yayaya-ash	The Frightener	Plateau Region: Southern Oregon, upper Klamath Lake and Siskiyou County, California	Plateau Penutian Language
Lenape or Lenni-Lenape Native Americans (or Delaware Indians) (See Canadian Names - Lenape or Lenni-Lenape First Nations)	Mesingw Misinghalikun Wsinkhoalican	The Mask Being Living Solid Face The Game Keeper	Eastern Woodlands Region: Delaware River, Hudson River, western Long Island Sound, now New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado. Also Ontario, Canada.	Algonquian Language of Lenape or Delaware (Algic Language Family)
Makah Native American	El-lsh-kas	Unknown	Northwest Coast Region: In Neah Bay area for 3800 years, most northwest corner of Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula including Tatoosh Island	Wakashan Language of Makah
Menominee or Menomini Native American	Manabai’wok	The Giants	Eastern Woodlands Region: Originally upper Michigan around Mackinaw, now Menominee, Wisconsin	Algonquian Language (Algic Language Family)
Micmac or L’nu, Mi’kmaq Native American (See Canadian Names - Micmac First Nations)	Gougou	Unknown	Eastern Woodlands Region: Maine. Also P.E.I., New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Gaspe Penninsula, Quebec, Canada	Algonquian Language (Algic Language Family)

* Alutiiq/Yukon – The original list links the Alutiiq people with the Yukon which would place them in Canada. I could find no reference to them living in Canada, only in Alaska.

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