Maybe by this time, the person has accomplishments that make him or her outstanding. Passamaquoddyfrom tribal name. Yurok from a Karok word for "downriver. Some thoughts on Indian naming conventions. Ute probably a corruption of their tribal name ; it does not mean "mountain" as is popularly believed. In my Sahnish or Arikara family, we were given Christian names as children and those are the names we carry throughout our lives. Of our family, only the first three children also were given Indian names.
As with the begining of many worlds, hundreds of little tribes pop up, and several come up with rather clever names, quirks and things on their. Name the funniest/greatest tribe name you've seen.
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Original Tribal Names
Not sure which topic this belongs in. My name is A Guy, Tribe of some guys. . our tribe name is E-Bola later as the yeast shamers. inside joke but pretty funny server wise.
Passamaquoddyfrom tribal name. Sometimes, the name was taken from someone who passed way many years ago -- perhaps an honored relative, even the chief or honored medicine person of the tribe.
Innualso Montagnais French word for "mountain people" and Naskapi band name, means "bad dressers" in the Innu language. Chipewyan from a Cree word for "pointed shirt," after a traditional clothing style. From that vision would come the name. Hidatsa from the name of a villagealso Gros Ventre French for "big belly," unclear why they called them this and Minitari from a Mandan word for "across the water.

Ioway from a word in their language meaning "sleepy," unclear how this came to be a tribal name.
The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger contains some of the most famous names from the Lakota Plains wars. But as all activists know, there.
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Original Tribal Names of Native North American People. We've been asked for a list of the original names (in their own languages) of Indian tribes and nations.
Wampanoag "eastern people"also Massachusett range of hills and Pokanoket name of their principal village. That person should meet with elders, providing food and gifts, and ask for that right.
My ex-husband is Hidatsa, from New Town, N. That person might fast and pray for days, weeks or even months until a vision came to them. That Indian name often is a name that "fits" the person as an adult.
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Once named, the named individual becomes stronger because he or she has a spirit that watches over them. These days, an Indian name usually is a second name.

It also robs them of their tragic and unique histories and turns them into just another brand of assimilated Americans.
That person might fast and pray for days, weeks or even months until a vision came to them.
Watch for Hurricane Medicine Rattler Woman. They were more commonly known as Red Indians English, after their extensive use of red ochre dye.
Slavey English, from the Cree name for them, which meant "servile ones. Assiniboine from an Algonquian Indian word meaning "cooks with stones," or Stoney English word with the same idea.