35+ Native American Name for Bear [The Cultural Tapestry]

Native American name for bear

36 Native American bear names:

1. Ahuli (meaning “drum” in Hopi)
2. Kitchi (meaning “brave” in Algonquin)
3. Hinto (meaning “blue” in Dakota)
4. Mato (meaning “bear” in Lakota)
5. Ayashe (meaning “little one” in Cherokee)
6. Suta (meaning “black” in Kiowa)
7. Chaska (meaning “star” in Sioux)
8. Gomda (meaning “big bear” in Cheyenne)
9. Wapun (meaning “dawn” in Algonquin)
10. Kaga (meaning “crow” in Dakota)
11. Yuma (meaning “son of the chief” in Navajo)
12. Nascha (meaning “owl” in Apache)
13. Niabi (meaning “fawn” in Osage)
14. Takoda (meaning “friend to everyone” in Sioux)
15. Winona (meaning “firstborn daughter” in Dakota)
16. Anoki (meaning “actor” in Inuit)
17. Ahanu (meaning “he laughs” in Algonquin)
18. Dyami (meaning “eagle” in Navajo)
19. Koa (meaning “brave” in Hawaiian)
20. Honi (meaning “bear cub” in Hopi)
21. Kimama (meaning “butterfly” in Inuit)
22. Miki (meaning “little” in Miwok)
23. Onawa (meaning “wide awake” in Omaha)
24. Tiva (meaning “dancer” in Hopi)
25. Tokala (meaning “fox” in Dakota)
26. Usdi (meaning “little bird” in Cherokee)
27. Wachiwi (meaning “dancer” in Sioux)
28. Wiyaka (meaning “sacred” in Dakota)
29. Yuma (meaning “son of the chief” in Navajo)
30. Cholena (meaning “bird” in Cherokee)
31. Chumani (meaning “dew drops” in Sioux)
32. Kiona (meaning “brown hills” in Yakima)
33. Luyu (meaning “wild dove” in Cherokee)
34. Mika (meaning “racoon” in Mi’kmaq)
35. Nokosi (meaning “bear” in Seminole)
36. Tamasha (meaning “red thunder” in Choctaw)

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