Native American Names for Sasquatch
U.S. Names
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| 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 below) | 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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