Tribel Bigfoot Names

Tribel 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)