Question

can you give me the traditional Name of Tribe and its meaning for Native Americans?

Answer 1

Sure — here are traditional (self‑)names used by a number of Indigenous nations in what is now the United States and Canada, with common English translations. Note: spellings and pronunciations vary by language and dialect, and translations are approximations. Many widely used English tribe names are exonyms (given by outsiders); the autonyms below are what many communities call themselves.

- Navajo — Diné: “the people”
- Cherokee — Aniyvwiyaʔ (also Tsalagi): often rendered “the principal/real people” or simply “the Cherokee people”
- Sioux (confederation) — Oceti Šakowiŋ: “Seven Council Fires”; subgroups Lakȟóta / Dakȟóta / Nakȟóta: often rendered “allies” or “the people who are united”
- Ojibwe — Anishinaabe (Anishinaabeg): “original people” (often translated “spontaneous/first people”)
- Hopi — Hopituh Shi-nu-mu / Hopi: “the peaceful people” (Hopi often glossed as “peaceful people”)
- Apache — Ndé / Ndee: “the people”
- Comanche — Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Nümü): “the people”
- Zuni — A:shiwi: “the people”
- Mohawk — Kanien’kehá:ka: “people of the flint” (often translated “people of the place of the flint”)
- Oneida — Onyota’a:ka: “people of the standing stone”
- Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) — Haudenosaunee: “People of the Longhouse”
- Muscogee / Creek — Mvskoke (Muscogee): “the people”
- Potawatomi — Bodéwadmi (Bodewadmi): “those who keep the hearth” or “keepers of the fire”
- Cree — Nêhiyaw (Nehiyawak): “the people”
- Blackfoot Confederacy — Niitsitapi: often translated “the real/this/our people” (individual nation name Siksiká = “black foot”)

If you have particular tribes in mind or want a longer list (or original-language orthography/pronunciation guides), tell me which region or tribes and I’ll expand the list.