| The tribe was known to the white man as: |
The people called themselves: |
The name meant: |
|---|---|---|
| Abnaki (Maine) | Alnanbai | men or people |
| Iroquois (New York) | Ongwanasionmi | we are of the extended lodge |
| Delaware (New Jersey) | Lenni Lenape | true men |
| Biloxi (Mississippi) | taneks aya | first people |
| Tunica (Mississippi) | Yoron | those who are people |
| Cherokee (Georgia) | ani yun wiya | real people |
| Illinois (Illinois) | Illinois | men or people |
| Winnebago (Wisconsin) | Hotcangara | people of the real speech |
| Chippewa (Minnesota) | anish insubag | spontaneous men |
| Arikara (North Dakota) | Tanish | the people |
| Mandan (North Dakota) | Numakaki | people |
| Sioux (South Dakota) | Lakota | the allies |
| Pawnee (Nebraska) | Chahiksichahiks | men of men |
| Kiowa (Oklahoma) | Kiowa | principal people |
| Wichita (Oklahoma) | wits | man |
| Comanche (Oklahoma) | nememe | people |
| Navajo (Arizona) | Dine | the people |
| Zuni (New Mexico) | a shiwi | the flesh |
| Hopi (Arizona) | hopitu | the peaceful ones |
| Maricopa (Arizona) | Pipatsje | people |
| Pima (Arizona) | a atam | people |
| Yavapai (Arizona) | enyaeva | sun people |
| Washo (Nevada) | washui | person |
| Arapaho (Wyoming) | Inuna-ina | our people |
| Nez Percé (Idaho) | Nimipu | the people |
| Clallam (Washington) | Nu-sklaim | strong people |
| Skagit (Washington) | Hum-a-luh | the people |
From Vine Deloria, Jr's GOD IS RED - A Native View of Religion (Fulcrum Publishing, 1994)