March 26th, 2011 Last Updated on: November 24th, 2019
Below are a few ways to say hello in several tribal languages.
O'-Si-Yo'
Cherokee
Halito
Choctaw
Hau
Dakota and Lakota Sioux
Buzhu
Objiwa Chippewa
Apaa
Yupik Eskimo
Ya'at'eeh
Dene Navajo
Source: The Indian Way CD by Mark Thiel
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Jonathan Evans says:
(O-Si-Yo)Hello my question is where do I find a book or knowledge on learning Iroquoian Cherokee language
Consuelo Perez says:
I’ve just found out through DNA test that I am 43% Native American…..how do I find my tribe???
Paul G says:
Read this – http://www.powwows.com/2012/07/27/am-i-native-american-how-to-find-my-indian-ancestors/
N8tive patriot565 says:
Start in Mexico and follow your way down the line until you reach panama!..these DNA company’s lump in all those Spanish speaking countries as a generalization to indigenous people to the continent of North America.in the vast majority of cases It does not mean the n8tive American tribes of the United States.
Tobie Fletcher says:
Hello. I have what may be an ignorant question, but I’d like to know the answer. On the television series “Grizzly Adams” Nacoma (Don Shanks) would greet Adams using a word which sounded something like ‘shotazhi’. I don’t know to what tribe Nacoma was supposed to have been a member and I’ve always wondered what that word means. I assumed it was ‘hello’. I named my cat that word and never knew how to spell it, but I love the word. Is it made up? Thank you in advance for any response.
Selina says:
Miyaxwen is also a way to say Hello in Desert Cahuilla
(the x is silent)
Elizabeth Warren says:
How!
Thank you my great new and even friendly natives. I love you guys so much, vote for me–twice if you can!
No hard feelings, right? After all, it was just a little white lie–one of those would never hurt anyone!
Elizabeth Warren
Koi runningcoyote says:
funny how u can’t use the word lie without making it white. Lol
Edward Hammond says:
My mother and grand mother, her cousins,my aunts and uncles used to say buzhu to say hello in the ottawa language, here in the last twenty years or so, I learned another way, they say aanii.
Charlie Smith says:
Greetings,
Large public school district in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Would like to have native american performers (dancers/singers) for an event on October 25, 2012 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Please advise,
Charlie Smith
Elizabeth Public Schools
(908) 436 – 5040
Paul G says:
Post on our forums too – http://www.powwows.com/gathering
Theresa says:
I am interested in learning all I can.. My heart desires the native ways..