Table of named indigenous American peoples
From Roses, Tulips, & Liberty
Sources: Clark, P. R. (2009). Tribal names of the Americas: Spelling variants and alternative forms, cross-referenced. McFarland.
RTL Name | OTL Equivalent | Etymology | RTL Location |
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Cajuckonoo | Cayuga | Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, prnounced Ga-yoo-ko-no | Irokesenland |
Kahicksie | Pawnee | From alternate name Cahiksi-cahiks | Opdamsland |
Kickapoe | Kickapoo | Kickapoo | Opdamsland |
Kitÿ-Kitisch | Wichita | Kitikiti'sh | Opdamsland |
Kouintsjacka | Meherrin | Kauwets'a:ka | Irokesenland |
Nieuwkonscka | Osage | (Osage: 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ (Ni Okašką), alternate form Niukonska | Opdamsland |
Ockapa | Quapaw | Ugahxpa | Opdamsland |
Ojatackeronoo | Cherokee | from the word Oyata'ge'ronon "inhabitants of the cave" | Irokesenland |
Onatouwacka | Seneca | Seneca, from Onödowáʼga | Irokesenland |
Schartoerieacka | Tuscarora | from Tuscarora Skarù:ręˀ, "hemp gatherers" or "Shirt-Wearing People" | Irokesenland |
Sjouwanacki | Shawnee | Shaawanwaki, Ša·wano·ki, Shaawanowi lenaweeki, or Shawano | Opdamsland |
Tetoewaen | Lakota / Teton Sioux | Thítȟuŋwaŋ | Opdamsland |
Tsjatah | Choctaw | Chahta | Opdamsland |
Tsjerohacka | Nottoway | Alternate spelling of Cherohakah, its autonym.) Nottoway was an algonquian exonym, which was adopted by the English because the Algonquins made first contact with them. | Irokesenland |
Tsjickasja | Chickasaw | From Chikashsha | Opdamsland |