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Afraid of Bear to Zuni: Surnames in English of Native American Origin Found Within RAYNOR MEMORIAL LIBRARIES Indian origin names, were eventually shortened to one-word names, making a few indistinguishable from names of non-Indian origin. Name Categories: Personal and family names of Indian origin contrast markedly with names of non-Indian Afraid of Bear to Zuni: Surnames in origin. English of Native American Origin 1. Personal and family names from found within Marquette University Christian saints (e.g. Juan, Johnson): Archival Collections natives- rare; non-natives- common 2. Family names from jobs (e.g. Oftentimes names of Native Miller): natives- rare; non-natives- American origin are based on objects common with descriptive adjectives. The 3. Family names from places (e.g. following list, which is not Rivera): natives- rare; non-native- comprehensive, comprises common approximately 1,000 name variations in 4. Personal and family names from English found within the Marquette achievements, attributes, or incidents University archival collections. The relating to the person or an ancestor names originate from over 50 tribes (e.g. Shot with two arrows): natives- based in 15 states and Canada. Tribal yes; non-natives- yes affiliations and place of residence are 5. Personal and family names from noted. their clan or totem (e.g. White bear): natives- yes; non-natives- no History: In ancient times it was 6. Personal or family names from customary for children to be named at dreams and visions of the person or birth with a name relating to an animal an ancestor (e.g. Black elk): natives- or physical phenominon. Later males in yes; non-natives- no particular received names noting personal achievements, special Tribes/ Ethnic Groups: Names encounters, inspirations from dreams, or are expressed according to the following physical handicaps. By 1900, Native Library of Congress terms. Additional Americans adopted the custom of adding names noted to the right of the terms are surnames or family names after their alternative names not used in this list. personal or first names. Also by this time Apache many used names of non-Indian origin Arapaho and a number of names of Indian origin Atsina = Gros Ventre were translated from the native Caddo languages into English, French, or California = various tribes, not Spanish. English translations are used specified mostly in midwestern and western states; Catawba French mostly in northern states, Chehalis Louisiana, and Canada; and Spanish Chelen mostly in southwestern states and Latin Cheyenne America. Furthermore, a number of 1 Chickasaw Winnebago = Ho Chunk Chinook Wenatchi Colville Yakima Commanche Yuma Coeur d’Alene Zuni Cowlitz Crow Places: U.S. states are abbreviated Dakota = Brule, Dakota, Hunkpapa, using U.S. Postal Service Zipcodes, plus Lakota, Oglala, Sans Arc, Santee, Canada. Sioux, Sisseton, Wahpeton Alaska Delaware Arizona Eskimo = Yupic California Haida Idaho Isleta Montana Kalapuya Michigan Kickapoo Minnesota Klamath New Mexico Kootenai North Dakota Lummi Oklahoma Maricopa Oregon Menominee South Dakota Navajo Washington Nez Perce Wisconsin Nespelem Wyoming Nehalem Canada Nisqually Nooksack Unknowns: Question marks hold Ojibwa and denote unknown tribes and/or Okanagan places. Oneida Osage ABOUT Ottawa Runs About, Cheyenne, MT Pawnee Pima ABOVE Potawatomi Rock Above, Crow, MT Puyallup Runs Above, Cheyenne, MT Salish = Flathead Runs Above, Dakota, MT Sauk and Fox Runs Above, Dakota, SD Seminole Shoshoni AFRAID Siksika = Blackfoot, Blackfeet Afraid of Bear, Dakota, SD Spokane Afraid of Hawk, Dakota, ND Swinomish Afraid of Cloud, Dakota, ? Tlingit Afraid of Eagle, Dakota, ? Tulalip Afraid of his Horse, Dakota, ? Umpqua Afraid of Kettle, Dakota, ? 2 Afraid of Medicine, Dakota, ? ANTELOPE Afraid of Nothing, Dakota, ? Antelope, Arapaho, WY Afraid of Shooting, Dakota, ? Antelope, Cheyenne, MT Afraid of Soldier, Dakota, ? Antelope, Coeur d’Alene, ID Afraid of Hawk, Dakota, SD Horned Antelope, Dakota, SD Man Afraid, Dakota, ? Howling Antelope, Cheyenne, MT Man Afraid of his Horses, Dakota, ? Howlingantelope, Cheyenne, MT Not Afraid, Dakota, ? Little Antelope, Arapaho, WY Not Afraid, Crow, MT White Antelope, Arapaho, MT Not Afraid of Anything, Dakota, ? White Antelope, Cheyenne, MT Not Afraid of Bear, Dakota, ? Young Man Afraid of his Horses, ANY Dakota, ? Not Afraid of Anything, Dakota, ? AFTER APPEARING After Buffalo, Siksika, WA Appearing Elk, Dakota, ? Comes After Bear, Dakota, ? APPLE AHEAD Apple, Dakota, SD Goes Ahead, Crow, MT The One who Goes Ahead Running, ARAPAHO Dakota, ? Arapahoe, Dakota, SD ALIVE ARM Kills Him Alive, Dakota, SD Stiffarm, Atsina, MT Crooked Arm, Crow, MT ALL Red Arm, Dakota, ? All Goes, Dakota, ? All Over Black, Dakota, ? AROUND Brother of All, Dakota, ? Lookaround, Menominee, WI Red All Over, Dakota, ? ARROW, ARROWS ALONE Hunts Arrow, Crow, MT Chase Alone, Dakota, SD Lones Arrow, Dakota, ND Plenty Arrows, Dakota, SD AMERICAN Shot With Arrows, Dakota, SD American Bear, Dakota, SD Shot With Two Arrows, Dakota, SD American Horse, Cheyenne, MT Wounded Arrow, Dakota, SD American Horse, Dakota, SD ATTACK AMONG Attack Him, Dakota, SD Among the Hail, Dakota, ? ASSINIBOINE ANGEL Assiniboine Ghost, Dakota, ? Angel, Dakota, SD Assiniboine, Dakota, ? 3 ATTACKING Bad Yellow Hair, Dakota, SD Attacking Bear, Dakota, ? Badhand, Dakota, SD Badlookingboy, Arapaho, WY AWKWARD Badroad, Atsina, MT Awkward Face, Siksika, ? Lays Bad, Dakota, SD BACK BADGER Bachand, Ojibwa, WI Badger, Cheyenne, MT Backbone, Crow, MT Badger, Dakota, SD Bear backbone, Arapaho, WY Badger Head, Dakota, ? Bear's Back, Dakota, ? Dog Back, Dakota, ? BAGGAGE High Back Bone, Dakota, ? Underbaggage, Dakota, SD Killed on Horseback, Dakota, ? Brings Him Back, Dakota, SD BALD Kills Back, Dakota, SD Bald Head, Arapaho, WY Yellow Back, Dakota, ? Bald Head, Dakota, ? Bald Eagle, Dakota, SD BACKWARD, BACKWARDS High Bald Eagle, Dakota, SD Backward, Dakota, SD Little Bald Eagle, Dakota, SD Backwards, Dakota, ? Dives Backwards, Cheyenne, MT BALL Yellow Ball, Dakota, ? BAD Bad Bear, Crow, MT BARE Bad Bear, Dakota, SD Bare Foot, Dakota, ? Bad Cob, Dakota, SD Bad Cob, Dakota, SD BARK Bad Elk, Dakota, ? Bark, Dakota, SD Bad Fool, Dakota, ? Willow Bark, Dakota, ? Bad Foot, Dakota, ? Bad Hand, Dakota, SD BASETER Bad Hat, Dakota, ? Lodge Baseter, Arapaho, WY Bad Heart Bull, Dakota, SD Bad Horse, Cheyenne, MT BASS Bad Horse, Dakota, ? Warbass, Lummi, WA Bad Iron, Dakota, ? Bad Left Hand, Dakota, ? BAY Bad Lodge, Dakota, ? Bay, Dakota, ? Bad Milk, Dakota, SD Blackorbay, Ojibwa, WI Bad Milk, Dakota, SD Bad Moccasins, Siksika, ? BEAD, BEADED Bad Santee, Dakota, ? Beaded Moccasins, Dakota, ? Bad Tempered Bear, Dakota, ? Redbead, Cheyenne, MT Bad Wound, Dakota, ? Redbeads, Cheyenne, MT Bad Wound, Dakota, SD 4 BEAR, BEAR‘S, BEARS Bear Stands High, Dakota, ? Afraid of Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Stands High, Dakota, ? American Bear, Dakota, SD Bear that Looks Behind, Dakota, ? Attacking Bear, Dakota, ? Bear Thunder, Dakota, ? Bad Bear, Crow, MT Bear track, Cherokee, OK Bad Bear, Dakota, SD Bear track, Cheyenne, OK Bad Tempered Bear, Dakota, ? Bear track, Kiowa, OK Bear backbone, Arapaho, WY Bear Tusk, Cheyenne, MT Bear Bird, Dakota, ? Bear tusk, Cheyenne, MT Bear Boy, Dakota, ? Bear tusk, Crow, MT Bear chum, Cheyenne, MT Bear with Yellow Ears, Dakota, ? Bear chum, Dakota, MT Bear with Yellow Ears, Dakota, ? Bear chum, Ojibwa, MT Bear, Arapaho, WY Bear Comes Out, Cheyenne, MT Bear, Atsina, MT Bear Comes, Dakota, ? Bear, Dakota, SD Bear comesout, Cheyenne, MT Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Crane, Crow, MT Bear, Menominee, WI Bear Dog, Dakota, SD Bear, Ojibwa, WI Bear Eagle, Dakota, ? Bear, Potawatomi, OK Bear Eagle, Dakota, SD Bearface, Dakota, ? Bear Elk, Dakota, ? Bearing, Arapaho, WY Bear Face, Dakota, ? Bear's Back, Dakota, ? Bear Ghost, Dakota, ? Bear's Face, Dakota, ? Bear grease, Ojibwa, WI Bear's Heart, Dakota, ? Bear hart, Ojibwa, WI Bear's Rib, Dakota, ? Bear heart, Ojibwa, WI Bear's Tooth, Dakota, ? Bear Heels, Dakota, SD Big Bear, Dakota, ? Bear Horse, Dakota, SD Black Bear, Assiniboine, ? Bear in the Wood, Dakota, ? Black Bear, Cheyenne, ? Bear Killer, Dakota, SD Black Bear, Dakota, SD Bear King, Dakota, ND Black Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Man, Dakota, ? Brave Bear, Dakota, ? Bear Necklace, Dakota, ? Brown Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Nose, Dakota, SD Bull Bear, Dakota, ? Bear Nose, Dakota, SD Bull Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Paw, Dakota, ? Bull Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Quiver, Cheyenne, MT Bull Bear, Kiowa, OK Bear Rib, Dakota, ? Bullbear, Kiowa, OK Bear Robe, Dakota, SD Catch-the-Bear, Dakota, ND Bear Robe, Dakota, SD Charging Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Runner, Dakota, SD Chase the Bear, Dakota, SD Bear Saves LiFe, Dakota, SD Chasing Bear, Cheyenne, MT Bear Shield, Dakota, SD Chasing Bear, Dakota, ND, Bear Shield, Dakota, SD Chasing the Bear, Dakota, ? Bear Skin Hat, Dakota, ? Chasingbear, Cheyenne, MT Bear Soldier, Dakota, ? Chief Bear, Dakota, ? 5 Chief of Bear, Dakota, ? Medicine Bear, Dakota, SD Circle Bear, Dakota, ? Not Afraid of Bear, Dakota, ? Circling Bear, Dakota, ? One Bear, ?, MT Comes After Bear, Dakota, ? One that Kills the Bear, Dakota, ? Comes Out Bear, Dakota, SD Playingbear, Cheyenne, MT Crazy Bear, Dakota, SD Plenty Bears, Dakota, ? Dreaming Bear, Dakota, SD Poor Bear, Dakota, SD Eagle Bear, Dakota, SD Pretty Bear, Dakota, ? Fast Bear, Dakota, ? Quick Bear, Dakota, SD Fearless Bear, Dakota, ? Red Bear, Dakota, SD Fight the Bear, Dakota, ? Red Breath Bear, Dakota, SD Fighting Bear, Cheyenne, MT Rich Bear, Arapaho, WY Fool Bear, Dakota, ? Ridge Bear, Cheyenne, MT Forgetful Bear, Dakota, ? Running Bear, Dakota, SD Four
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