What is the most popular Native American Indian name? Have they special holidays within each tribe?

Native Americans are the true Americans. Their heritage and religion are rich treasurers to be born with. They have great pride in the name they are given as it is designed to capture in one word, the essence of someone. Each name has a meaning and a purpose. For the rest of us, we don't usually chose a name for a newborn child that would have a special or particular meaning (except for the parents own heritage for the child to continue with the family name and perhaps the heritage). I'm interested in some Indian names %26amp; the meaning of that name as it pertains to you if you are a Native American.

What is the most popular Native American Indian name? Have they special holidays within each tribe?
All of these answers are written by people who know very little. I think the question was asked in a respectful way and it deserves a respectful answer. The fact is there are over 500 Nations and while some are similar to others there is as much difference in cultures as there is in Europe and Asia. Every Nation has a different way of naming children and the types of names are completely different. Naming after animals and their attributes apply to some, others are more descriptive of the history or accomplishments of the individual. In many Nations an individual may have more than one name or may acquire a different name after an important event in the individual's life. The question is too big to answer completely here. My childhood name is Ts'a jisgan and it means sage gatherer and it was given to me by my grandmother because I liked to help collect sage. I have other Dine names but they are private to me and family.
Reply:All native names are cool.


I was born native but adoped by whites(not a fun time).My native name means "close to the spirit" from what I understood.


The white man has tried to 'wipe us out'.Some are "die~hard" natives.Like me.
Reply:I'm not but my Uncle is married to one. I know a lot about Native Americans. well, just what she tells me.


There culture has about been wiped out and now a very few reminders of that time period remain.


The Catholic Church forced them to convert at the edge of a sword. So today many have Hebrew names taken from the bible. That fit in with what they believe it should be.





But some names were little dove, running deer, beaver, wolf, White wolf for especially lite skinned people.


or silver fox, white fox, cloud, white cloud.


Most of the women were called by precious stones, Even early Americans took this custom and named their girls:Revelation 21: lists the stones.


Jewell, pearl, saphire, goldie, bible names such as mary, ruth, esther. from the Hebrew scriptures.


the men where usually animals. Wolf, fox, eagle, deer, bear.


things in the sky: Luna [moon] angel, cloud, thunder, names of stars. They were named after things.
Reply:thank you! Oklahoma is the land of the 7 tribes where they were brought during the trail of tears. So the whole state and its streets and cities are Indian names. Most of which I am sorry to say I don't know the meaning of them anymore.


Broken arrow out of Tulsa was were they lost a great battle.


That was an Indian term for losing. Lotawater is what they named it because for obivious reasons there was a huge lake there. Deleware, Shawnee, Tucemsen, Seminole, choctaw. My computer keeps going out.


some last names are white cloud, windstream, a word meaning fast horse. escapes me but I saw a book


Birds
Reply:That unfortunatley is more of a lost tradition. Most Native Americans have pretty anglo names. Many do have their last names that still have some significance such as, Afraid of his Horse, Shoots the Enemy and Brings Water, are all actual last names that are currently used in the mid west on reservations such as Standing Rock and Pine Ridge.