Native American Names for Bigfoot

Traditional Name “Translation” (Tribe)

• Ahoo la huk - unknown (Yup'ik)
• Albatwitch - “Man of the Woods” (Susquehannocks)
• Atahsaia - “The Cannibal Demon” (Zuni)
• At'at'ahila - unknown (Chinookan)
• Atshen - unknown (Tete de Boule)
• Boqs - “Bush Man” (Bella Coola)
• Bukwas - “Wildman of the Woods” (Kwakwaka'wakw)
• Che-ha-lum'che - “Rock Giant” (Miwok)
• Chiha tanka - “Big Elder Brother” (Dakota (East)/Sioux)
• Chiye tanka - “Big Elder Brother” (Lakota (West)/Sioux)
• Choanito - “Night People” (Wenatchee)
• El-Ish-kas - unknown (Makah)
• Esti Capcaki - “Tall Man” (Seminole)
• Ge no sqwa - “Stone Giants” (Iroquois/Seneca)
• Ge no'sgwa - “Stone Coats” (Seneca)
• Get'qun - unknown (Lake Lliamna)
• Gilyuk - “Big Man with little hat” (Nelchina Plateau)
• Gogit - unknown (Haida)
• Goo tee khl - unknown (Chilkat)
• Gougou - unknown (Micmac)
• Hecaitomixw - “Dangerous Being” (Quinault)
• Iktomi - “The Trickster “ (Plain)
• Kala'litabiqw - unknown (Skagit Valley)
• Kashehotapalo - unknown (Choctaw)
• Kecleh-Kudleh - “Hairy Savage” (Cherokee)
• Kokotshe - unknown (Tete de Boule)
• Kushtaka - "Otter Man" (Tlingit)
• Lariyin - “Bushman” (Hare)
• Loo poo oi'yes - unknown (Miwuk)
• Madukarahat - “Giant” (Karok)
• Manabai'wok - “The Giants” (Menomini)
• Matlose - unknown (Nootka)
• Mayak datat - “Hairy Man” (Yokuts)
• Mesingw - “The Mask Being” (Lenni Lenape)
• Miitiipi - “Bad luck or disaster” (Kawaiisu)
• Misinghalikun - “Living Solid Face” (Lenni Lenape)
• Na'in - “Brushman” (Gwich'in)
• Naka - “Bushman” (Hare)
• Nalusa Falaya - unknown (Choctaw)
• Nantiinaq - unknown (Kenai Peninsula)
• Nant'ina - unknown (Dena'ina)
• Neginla eh - “Wood Man” (Alutiiq/Yukon)
• Nun Yunu Wi - “The Stone Man” (Cherokee)
• Nu'numic - “The Giant” (Owens Valley Paiute)
• Oh Mah - “Boss of the Woods” (Hoopa)
• Omah - unknown (Yurok)
• Ot ne yar heh - “Stonish Giant” (Iroquois)
• Qah lin me - unknown (Yakama/Klickitat)
• Qui yihahs - “The Five Brothers” (Yakama/Klickitat)
• Rugaru - unknown (Turtle Mt Ojibway)
• Sasahevas - “Wild Man of the Woods” (Halkomelem)
• Saskets - “The Giant” (Salishan/Sahaptin)
• Sasquatch - unknown (Salish)
• Sc'wen'ey'ti - “Tall Burnt Hair”“ (Spokane)
• Seat ka - unknown (Yakama)
• Seatco - “Stick Indian” (Yakama/Klickitat/Puyallup)
• Seeahtkch - unknown (Clallam)
• See'atco - “One who runs and hides” (Coast Salish)
• shoonshoonootr! - “Bigfoot” (Yokuts)
• Skanicum - “Stick Indians” (Colville)
• Skookum - “Evil God of the Woods” (Chinook)
• Skukum - “Devil of the Forest” (Quinault)
• Slalakums - “The Unknown” (Upper Stalo)
• Sne nah - “Owl Woman” (Okanogan)
• So'yoko - unknown (Hopi)
• Ste ye mah - “Spirit hidden by woods” (Yakama)
• Steta'l - “Spirt Spear” (Puyallup/Nisqually)
• Tah tah kle' ah - “Owl Woman Monster” (Yakama/Shasta)
• Toylona - “Big Person” (Taos)
• Tsadjatko - “Giants” (Quinault)
• Tse'nahaha - “Giant” (Mono Lake Paiute)
• Tsiatko - “Wild Indians” (Puyallup/Nisqually)
• Tso apittse - “Cannibal Giant” (Shoshone)
• Tsonaqua - “Wild Woman of the Woods” (Kwakwaka'wakw)
• Unknown - “The Tree Men” (Coeur d'Alene/Spokane)
• Unknown - “The Big Man” (Oglala Lakota Sioux)
• Unknown - “Cannibal” (Tshimshian)
• Unknown - “Stick Indians” (Twana)
• Urayuli - unknown (SW Alaskan Eskimo)
• Wetiko - Unknown (Cree)
• Windago - “Wicked Cannibal” (Eastern Athabascan)
• Witiko - unknown (Tete de Boule)
• Wsinkhoalican - “The Game Keeper” (Lenni Lenape)
• Xi'lgo - “Wild Woman” (Nehalem/Tillamook)
• Yahyahaas - unknown (Modoc)
• Yayali - “Hairy Giant” (Miwok)
• Yayaya-ash - “The Frightener” (Klamath)
• Yeahoh - “Wild Man” (Algonkian)
• Yé'iitsoh - “Big God “ (Navajo)
• Yi' dyi'tay - “Wild Man” (Nehalem/Tillamook)