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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION REGARDING INDIAN POPULAR
NAMES ’

This bureau is in receipt of numerous requests for Indian names
suitable for use by Camp Fire Girls and as camp names, and often for
the translation into one or more of the many Indian languages of
English expressions involving concepts wholly foreign to the Indian
mode of thought. It is impossible for the bureau to devote the
time and to meet the expense of special research incident to questions
of this kind.

Appended is a selection of simplified Indian names designed to
meet most of the requests received. The pronunciation of these
names is as follows: a as in father; @ as in law; e as a in hate; 7 as
in machine; ai as in aisle; uw as in rule. Short vowels are indicated
in the customary manner (4, @, i, 6, 1); f is nasalized, as in drink.
The consonants are as in English.

PERSONAL NAMES

DAKOTA (SIOUX)

Chiimanis= s=s-s= Dewdrops. | Waftyécha_-___-___. Firefly.
Chafitéyukani____ Benevolent. LeWWiLe hit kc ee set = To be true.
Chspaes42 542-3 Beaver. pe We aaa eine Snow.
Chantésuta______ To be firm of heart. | Zitkdla_________- Little bird.
Akiktae ses s2n2- One whoworkswith | Zénta__________- Trustworthy.
determination. | Wakdapa_-_---__-_- Eovexcel:
WAG tss tas The aurora. Wispmicn ce es OF = Skillful.
Kamimelase = = The butterfly. | Wakifiyela__-____ Dove.
AAD Ket Kae ee Her younger sister. | Wéape_..------- Hope.
Wozhupiwi__.____ The planting moon | Wéwashi_--_-__--- A worker.
(May). Mahpfyato______- Blue cloud.
Woksapiwi_-_- - - -- The harvest moon | Winéna-_--_----- First-born daughter.
(August). | Wiyushkin______- Harmonious.
Wakpdla___.____ Streamlet; little Nahimana.__.____ Mystic.
stream. Wichaka: 2 Doe Loyal.
Wishtecha___.--- Modest. hUWityapka ss 272i. Radiant.
Wakichofize ____-_ A leader. peWashte:c a2 os {it is] Beautiful.
OMAHA
Miitenrae 3 ess The coming moon. | Tadéwi_-__---_---- Wind woman.
Wigitia 2S s2 ks The returning | MDa oer Ses The returning new
moon. moon.
Mithewi= ==) 5-2 = Sun woman. Wensmi. 252502": Helpful to every-
ARE Wh oN ise es eee A The coming new body.
moon. Urikan coe. ee pee Useful to all.

I linbits'| oi eae eee. ee

IMisaes a eo Fane)
Nigh mete ae

IMitsistss es ee
WoOmeenss 30 =o

ROKAtOSIE SF =a
Nitin = 28. —

(Olnole 5 = ee
Ghimalus = 2-os
@holentit= = = s_=
Zelozelos_——.-.--

Tetage- 2 ow ee

Gatitlae=—= 222425
Gahistiski _ _ _ - ---

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Elder sister.
Younger sister.

depends. pas 0 Fe lh alana eh Friend.
The white sun. | Watoges 22222" 4 Athlete.
Fawn (‘‘One that | Washdshe---~---- Warrior.
is spared by the | Giwinke_--_-_---- Faithful.
hunter ’’). Wazhin tunga____ Courage.
COOS
Little girl. Aléshanee.____... She plays all the
Rainbow. time.
Bright. Towayam S22 == Beloved by all;
She is afraid. lovable.
Pretty. | Heeneékis__-_---- Equal to any.
Wise. ETS HS 32 ame Se gee Sun.
Star. H4yoohaina_-_-__-- She is very active.
BLACKFOOT
Star. AOD sa eee, Butterfly.
My daughter. eal St ai! a is arta pert Rosebud.
DELAWARE
Bird. | Woatawes-- ----= Flower.
Bluebird. Minal2 2223 2 ee Fruit.
Little bird. |, AAMAOR- Sosa Small.
Cricket. |
CHEYENNE
Snow. Loyianol_- 22s Yellow hawk.
Little stars. Nakashgonam____ My child.
Chief. EOimanis Ean Lawmaker.
Cloud chief. I ouilicoya¥:\ Seeks eh pee Industrious worker.
CHEROKEE
First in the dance; | Sindsta_________- Expert.
dance leader. Wise: bie eRe oa) iy Squirrel.
Butterfly. wala Tinta Se ee Young squirrel>
Star. Atwinltitey 2 oe Young deer.
Blossom. Tayantta Young beaver.
Worker. VATA hse ee Bear.
Jealous one. InMali Sse eee ae Black fox.
Amiable; gentle; | Nufidayéli_______ Midday sun.
attractive. Tsufigani____.-.- Excels all others.
They run to her. Nandayebri___-___ Sunshine.
Peacemaker. Ugtiiwiyuhi_____-_ Chief.

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SENECA

Deweii’domis______ It swings. Ogonwage’sofi____ Along the hillside.
Gaofiya’was_.____ It shakes the sky. | Awe’ogon________ Nothing but
Gapijense 2.22 Its flowers fall. flowers.
Gahadi’yas_____-_ It crosses the forest. | Awei/nof________ Moving flowers.
Ganofiwi’yas_____ It crosses the | Awefide’a-_.--_--_ Early day.

swamp. Gaguyewak’hon__ It awakens them.
Saiyen’gu________ Lost again in mist. | Gaha/dihse______ It drags the forest.
Yanefiowi________ She guardsthe corn. | Ganonkwénon____ She is alert.
Gofiwasgon’gwen_ She took one from

the water.

CHIPPEWA (OJIBWA)

Swangideed_-____-_ Brave, courageous. | Wabanang_-_-_____ Eastern star; morn-
Memengwa--_-_--- Butterfly. | ing star.
Chamaniked _ ___-_ Canoe maker. | Inawendiwin_____ Friendship.
Opinias 9 Lio. Chief. -| Nitagewinini_____ Good hunter.
Ogimawiwin _ - _-_- Chieftainship. | Makisinikewinini_ Moccasin maker.
INAmide== = Sees Dancer. | Wawinges_______ Skillful.
Odanisimas 922 = Daughter. | Wabaningosi- -_--- Snowbird.
Bidtibam’ 2-555 It begins to dawn. AMANO ws ee Sh Star.
Enabandang_-____ Dreamer. | Songitehe________ Strong hearted.
IVE OTS Tee Meet are Eagle.
TAOS
TsNTa(o) Ves eee ee ee Painter. Hlatsiwana _____- Great eagle.
Kwolana kiyui-- Handsome girl.
ALGONQUIAN
Soketaoe- = 22 222 Strong hearted. Keine ee Sek Great.
Meyotao________ True hearted. | Assiningwe____-_—- Stone face.
Kwamestowa |
(Qbbra ase e es Guardian.
ARAPAHO
Hanhananank___ White wolf.
CAMP NAMES
CHEROKEE

TCG Oe et ie a b= In the woods; forest place.
“TEES On yess 5 cle Spee pana gee ies In the oaks; oak forest.
INartsthibe ket eee ye ee se ee In the pines.
SIUSTS Koyyeuliee Stee es Le Bird place.
Acres abt! 2 Wop 2 eee res eee Waterside; near the water.
BD silanes aes ect oe Ae is aes At peace.
Saliva Soe oe ee In the thicket.
IH OVE VLA UD ee See ete eee ee In the wilderness.
VWieartuihivil eos ee an Beautiful place.
Gatrisine es nar = eee tee ee a eae In the mountain.
AUG Chai oy 28 ice yao Lookout place.
Winalival 2. ts SP pee res Sas Place of friends.
Wnilawistt= = so. = eee ee Council place.
Gativivesas so eee ee see Town house (tribal dance and council house).
Alcwienasate soo =o Sel eee My home.

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Amadaht: 2 -_-- 2222 _ 222 Forest water.
Avyeliyu adahi™ . =. 2t=2=2-272 In the heart (middle) of the woods.
Untalilti. 22 = eee On the bank of the lake.
Hitséhi--3 2 eee Green meadow; verdant fields.
Ustandlis * 52 tee Rock ledge.
Nunta udéliga--. _.2eeee= oe Sunset.
(ane: 22 Se oe Se ee Bear place.
Wahiliyis :- 2 ceece Sees Eagle place.
Kultsa/te wntalalhic = =222 == ==— House by the lake.
Kailtsa.terad shia. eee a ee House in the woods.
IROQUOIS
Waskwalia! 2 2: = eee ee 4
Cue, Camp; temporary shelter.
Kanoserace 2222 52) eee
Kahstgon >...) -.2 = See In the forest.
Otashnsgone = 2e 2) ee In the pine woods.
VYotahokd aaa foe eee ees At the end of the trail.
Shenandoah]. 5 2 see oe Land of big mountain.
Onagehsona.= == =e se. eeee ee Silver birches.
Onontaka === Hillside.
CHIPPEWA
Chickag ami = = eee By the lake.
Wassbinan ge. ==). 2 === Outlook; at the place of looking.
Nisstin25 2S ee ee At the foot of the mountain.
Minttik:— “ee ee ee Island; one covered with trees.
Wakitatiias= =o. eee = On the hilltop.
Anokiwsiki® 59503 ee eee Hunting ground.
Pikwatina: 2 28. eee Hill or mountain.
Aviwebewin:... “as! 222 ees Rest; quietness.
Gabéshiwin, nibewin_______---- Camp.
Ningabésh. 2-22.53 = === == I camp.
Ogimiawigamipe see =e In the chief’s lodge.
Nawakwa. oe. 2) =.) ee eee In the middle of the forest.
Chigakwal! 2522). ae Near the forest.
Wigiwain's 22. 8 Se eee Lodge.
Wanagekogamig _______----=== Lodge of cedar bark.
Wiswasiwigamig: 2-22 22=" 522 Lodge of birch bark.
Wakaicai= == ee Log house.
Manakikic ) = 22.052 ae Maple forest.
Tninaitige. == 5 ee Maple tree.
Miskwawalcee, soo. == 5= eee Red cedar.
Mishkwawakokang___________- In a place where there are red cedars.
AramMing == ea = > 32a. ee On the shore.
Milttiowalkite= 222) =) - = ae Woods (forest).
Mitiowakin pee 2 ee eee In the woods.
NO pitino se eee In a forest.
Wayekwamoks= ==) asses eS. At the end of the trail.
Teika dins2s2 aa = eee Hillside.
Wi owWassalinn= & =~ eee eee Silver birches.
Wile WSS 252 es = cee ene Birch (tree).
Ningabianiganips=== 2-2 222 sees Sunset lodge.
Ning abianong= == === === Sunset point.
Mekene se = # yeats e S aemeee Dark forest.
Bimakwaes oso eae Se eee Thick woods.

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EASTERN ALGONQUIAN

Se Ss Se ee ea Little river or brook.
GUUS a a Mountain.
NV AER Chip Wein ye ean ery. SE ae Mountain.
DELAWARE
Wwappacomos 222) te ST. Land of white fog.
Wirnemingg = 2S Place of red clay.
M@alakpaseying—_- 2s Cedar valley.
RATS ey pln Oe eet ten ee Valley.
Wralewments os Ae Small lodge.
‘A CEST ai lg es ol i a deh. SR Sunset.
ALGONKIN
Wien elwalcamai uo. sek 2. ate) At the end of the trail.
Bihebep alin p ayer. 15 i672 ae Haunted place.

MISCELLANEOUS CAMP AND CLUB NAMES

Language Name Meaning
Arikapngene Stes 22) i. JAN eoWUlS ee Se Lodge.
Crowe ae Ash@sou 30s aie Be Lodge.
(SAswaletebivnde 324: 4 Ahem Lodge.
prapaliom a —— = ~~~ I Netsetenine Aaya Sunset.
Niaicals lee he [Jonito otdra__._____ Beaver club or society.
(Oiwolkwe =e ee A group or body of persons forming a
single fellowship.
eed {Assdndawi___-_--__- Place of sunshine.
7) Seat. a ae |Tapawingo_______ Place of joy.
| SUWTRO yn a eee ee Katinénkwat______ Heart’s desire.
Chippewaes- 2522 5- Amikawa-odédem__ Beaver club or society.
Cheyenne_________-_ INGO aeeree ee Our home.
(Oi Se gee ee Wuskwee-atik_____ Birch (tree).
Choctaw= a5. 2222 Opahaksuns==2 =" Birch (tree).
Strouse 2a hee Wahibadab-_-_-_-_-_-- Peaceful.
ANCE N | oe ee IN GIVE ESO On aan Broad fields.

The bureau is also in constant receipt of requests for titles of books
on Indian folk tales and myths. To meet this demand the following
list of a few of the published writings on the subject is given:

BOOKS ON FOLK-LORE, MYTHS, AND LEGENDS

Barrett, S. A_____ Myths of the Southern Sierra Miwok. (University of Cali-
fornia Publications in American Archaeology and Eth-
nology, vol. 16, No. 1, 1919, Berkeley.)

Boas Rranze === Tsimshian Mythology. Washington, 1916. (Thirty-first
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.)

Canfield, W. W___ Legends of the Iroquois. New York, A. Wessels Co., 1902.

Chapman, J. W_-_- Tenia Texts and Tales from Anvik, Alaska, with vocabulary
by P. E. Goddard. Leyden, Holland, E. J. Brill, 1914.
(Publications of the American Ethnological Society of New
York, vol. 6.)

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Chicago Folk- The Folk-Lorist, vol..1, No. 1. Chicago, the Chicago Folk-
Lore Society. Lore Society, 1892.

Compton, M-_-_.-- The American Indian Fairy Tales. New York, Dodd, Mead
& Co., 1907.
Curtin, j= 2 2S Myths of the Modoes. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1912.

Creation Myths of Primitive America. Boston, Little,
Brown & Co., 1898.
- Seneca Indian Myths. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1923.
Curtin, J., and Seneca Fiction, Legends and Myths. Washington, 1918.
Hewitt, J. N. (Thirty-second Annual Report of the Bureau of American
B., Comps. Ethnology.)
Curtis bso] e= The North American Indian. New York, 1907-1922. (The
12 volumes of this work thus far published may be con-
sulted in the more important libraries.) .
Cushing, F. H_-:__ Outlines of Zufi. Creation Myths. Washington, 1896.
(Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.)
Zuni Folk Tales. New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1901.

Dixon eee Maidu Texts. Leyden, Holland, E. J. Brill, 1912. (Publica-
tions of the American Ethnological Society of New York,
vol. 4.)

Dorsey, G. A__--- Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin

& Co., 1904. (Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Soci-
ety, vol. 8.)
Dorsey, J.O., and Dictionary of Biloxi and Ofo Languages. Washington, 1912.

Swanton, J. R. (Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 47.)
Eastman, E. G____ Indian Legends Retold. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1919.
Gifford, E. W_=--- Miwok Myths. (University of California Publications in

American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 12, No. 8,
Berkeley, 1917.)
Goddard, P. E____ Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache. (Anthro-
pological Papers of the American Museum of Natural
History, vol. 24, pt. 1, New York, 1918.)
Jicarilla Apache Texts. New York,1911. (Anthropological
Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,

vol. 8.)

Gordon, H. L_____ Legends of the Northwest. St. Paul Book & Stationery Co.,
1881.

Grinnell, G. B__-- Blackfoot Lodge Tales. New York, C. Seribner’s Sons, 1892.

Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales. New York, Forest and
Stream Publishing Co., 1889.
Punishment of the Stingy and other Indian Stories. New
York, Harper & Brothers, 1901.
Hewitt, J. N. B__- Iroquoian Cosmology. Washington, 1904. (Twenty-first
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.)
Hopkins, W. J... The Indian Book. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1911.
Juiddy MAC. yo: 2% Wigwam Stories. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1901.
Judson Khe WB see Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest.
Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912.
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Chicago,
A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912.
Myths and Legends of Alaska. Chicago, A. C. McClurg &
Co., 1911.

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Judsonkeke Bee 2-2) Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great
Lakes. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914.
Old Crow and His Friends. Animal adventures based upon
Indian myths. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1918.
Myths and Legends of British North America. Chicago,
A. C. MeClurg & Co., 1917.
; Old Crow Stories. Boston, Little. Brown & Co., 1917.
Hetanad iG, 2Gs 22. Algonquin Legends of New England. Boston, Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., 1884.
Leland, C. G., and Kuléskap the Master. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co.,

Prince, J. D. 1902.
Lloyd, W. J.._._. Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights. Westfield, N. J., The Lloyd
Group, 1911.
ihewie; KR. He2=-- = Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians. (Anthropologi-

cal Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,
vol. 25, pt. 1. New York, 1918.)
Lummis, C. F____ Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories. Illustrated by G. W. Edwards.
New York, The Century Co., 1916.
Man Who Married the Moon. New York, The Century Co.
[1902}.
New Mexico David. New York, C. Scribner’s Sons, 1891.
MeLaughlin, M. L. Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Bismarck, N. Dak., Bis-

(Mrs.). marck Tribune Co., 1916.
Matthews, W___-- Navaho Legends. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897.

(Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society, vol. 5.)
Merriam, C. Hart_ Dawn of the World. Myths and Weird Tales told by the
Mewan Indians of California. Cleveland, A. C. Clark Co.,
1910.
Mooney, James___ Myths of the Cherokee. Washington, 1902. (Nineteenth
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.)
North American Indian Fairy Tales. » London, Gibbings & Co., 1905.

Owen, Mary A__-- Folk-Lore of the Musquakie Indians of North America.
London, David Nutt, 1904.

Parkers AC 2 5" 2 Seneca Myths and Folk Tales. (Buffalo Historical Society
Publications, vol. 27, 1923.)

Phillips, W. S____- Totem Tales. Chieagc, Star Publishing Co., 1896.

VAIN G ge ze = * Legends of the Micmaecs. New York, Longmans, Green &

Co., 1894.
Talia, da Sag a Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo. Edinburgh, Wm.

Blackwood & Sons, 1875.

Schooleraft, H. R_- Indian Fairy Book. From the original legends, with 8 illus-
trations in color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis.
New York, F. A. Stokes Co., 1916.

Schultz, J. W_---- Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park. Boston, Hough-
ton, Mifflin & Co., 1916.

Simmss So. Cl. 228 2 Traditions of the Crow. Chicago, 1903. (Field Museum of
Natural History, Anthropological Series, vol. 2, No. 6.)

Smithy obs 2 2 == Yosemite Legends. San Francisco, P. Elder & Co., 1904.

Smith, E. A______ Myths of the Iroquois. Washington, 1883. (Second An-
nual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.)

SPencen uses 24 Myths of the North American Indians. London, G. G.

Harrap & Co., 1914.

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Stevenson, M. C__ Zuni Indians, Their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities and
Ceremonies. Washington, 1905. (Twenty-third Annual
Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.)

Swanton, J. R-___ Tlingit Myths and Texts. Washington, 1909. (Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 39.)

Wilson, F. N___-- Indian Hero Tales. New York, American Book Co., 1916.

Wilson,iG. Ii 5-- Myths of the Red Children. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1907. —

Young i here Algonquin Indian Tales. New York, Eaton & Mains, 1903.

Titkla-Sa. 22 22. Old Indian Legends. Boston, Ginn & Co., 1904,

Consult also the Journal of American Folk-Lore, 1888-1914, Boston and New
York, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Wasuineton, D. C., October, 1926.
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