Tribel Bigfoot Names

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Tribal names For Bigfoot

Native American Tribal Bigfoot Names

 

Native American tribes have various names for Bigfoot, often based on their cultural beliefs and descriptions of the creature. Here’s a list of a few well-known names from different tribes:

Pacific Northwest:

  • Sasq’ets (Sasquatch) – Sts’ailes (Stó:lō) First Nation
  • Tsonoqua (Dzunukwa) – Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) Nation

  • Stick Indians – Salish and other Coast tribes
  • Sasquatch – Coast Salish (British Columbia)
  • Ts’emekwes – Lummi
  • Skookum – Chinook
  • Stiyaha – Quinault (Washington)
  • Seatco – Nisqually (Washington)
  • K’walya – Hoopa (Northern California)

Southwest:

  • Hairy Man – Various tribes, including the Apache
  • Xexeu – Apache
  • Atahsaisa – Zuni
  • Tsè Nináhálééh – Navajo (meaning “The One Who Walks at Night”)
  • Ye’iitsoh – Navajo

Plains:

  • Mato Kakusha – Lakota (meaning “Ape-Like Bear”)
  • Chiye-Tanka – Sioux (meaning “Big Elder Brother”)

Southeast:

  • Lofa – Choctaw
  • Tsul ‘Kalu – Cherokee

Central:

  • Oh-Mah – Osage
  • Wakíŋyaŋ – Pawnee
  • Mìko – Cheyenne

Alaska/Canada:

  • Nuk-luk – Dene

Other:

  • Windigo/Wendigo – Algonquin (some link it to Bigfoot-like beings, though it’s often considered a different creature)