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Pronouncing tribal nation names & termsHere's a link to selected American Indian tribes (information and Pronounciations)
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmnations1.html
Abenaki ab-nak-ee
Acoma a-come-ah
Aleut uh-lut
Algonkin al-gone-kin
Apache uh-patch-ee
Arapaho uh-rap-uh-hoe
Arikara uh-rik-u-rah
Assiniboin uh-sin-uh-boyn
Athabascan ath-uh-bas-can
Aztec az-tec
Blackfeet black-feet
Cahuilla ca-wee-uh
Catawba ka-ta-ba
Cayuga ki-u-ga
Cherokee chair-uh-kee
Cheyenne Shy-ann
Chickasaw chick-uh-saw
Chinook shin-ook
Chipewyan chip-uh-way-in
Chippewa chip-pu-wah
Chiricahua cheer-a-kaw-wa
Choctaw chalk-tah
Comanche ca-man-chee
Costanoan coas-tan-o-an
Cree cree
Crow crow
Cupeño coo-paiñ-yo
Dakota dah-coat-uh
Delaware dell-uh-where
Digueño di-gaiñ-yo
Dine din-eh
Eskimo es-ka-moe
Esselen es-uhlyn
Gros Ventre grow vaunt
Haida hi-duh
Havasupai ha-va-soup-eye
Hidatsa ha-dots-uh
Hopi hope-ee
Hunkpapa unk-pa-pa
Hupa hoop-uh
Huron hur-on
Innuit in-u-it
Iroquois ear-uh-quoy
Isleta eye-let-uh
Jemez huh-mez
Jicarilla hick-uh-ree-uh
Karok car-rrruk
Keres kier-eez
Ketowah ket-o-wah
Kickapoo kick-uh-pooh
Kiowa ki-uh-wa
Klickitat click-uh-tat
Kutenais kut-en-i
Kwakiutl kwak-u-tell
Laguña la-goon-a
Lakota lah-coat-uh
Lenape lin-ap-eh
Lipan li-pan
Luiseño lu-i-sañe-yo
Lumbee lum-bee
Maidu my-do
Makah ma-caw
Mandan man-dan
Maya my-uh
Menominee men-o-men-ee
Mescalero mess-ka-lair-oh
Meskwaki mess-kwack-ee
Micmac mick-mack
Miwok me-walk
Modoc moe-dock
Mohave moe-ha-vee
Mohawk moe-hawk
Montagnais mon-tag-nye
Muskogee mus-go-gee
Mutsun muts-en
Muwekma moo-wek-ma
Narraganset nair-a-gan-set
Natchez natch-es
Navajo nav-uh-hoe
Nez Perce nee pur-e
Nipissing nip-uh-sing
Nisqually nis-qual-ly
Nootka noot-ka
Oglala oh-gla-la
Ohlone oh-lone-ee
Ojibwa o-jib-wah
Omaha o-MA-ha
Oneida oh-nye-da
Onondaga on-un-dog-uh
Osage oh-sage
Oto o-toe
Paiute pie-ute
Papago pop-uh-go
Passamaquoddy pass-a-ma-quow-dy
Pawnee paw-nee
Penobscot pen-ob-scot
Pequot pea-kwot
Pima pea-ma
Pomo poe-moe
Ponca pawn-ca
Potawatomi pot-uh-wat-toe-me
Powhatan pow-ha-ton
Pueblo pweb-lo
Puyallup pew-all-up
Quapaw kwa-paw
Quechan kech-an
Salish sa-lish
Santee san-tee
Sauk (Sac) sack
Saulteaux sall-toe
Seminole sem-in-ol
Seneca sin-uh-ca
Shawnee shawn-ee
Shoshone sho-shown-ee
Sioux sue
Taino tye-a-no
Taos ta-os
Teton tee-tawn
Tlingit clink-it
Tohono O'odham toe-no autumn
Tsmishian sim-shun
Tuscarora tusk-uh-roar-uh
Umatilla oo-mah-till-uh
Wampanoag wamp-an-oag
Wasco was-coe
Washoe wa-show
Winnebago win-uh-bay-go
Wintu win-two
Wyandot why-an-dot
Yakima yak-uh-ma
Yankton yank-ton
Yanktonai yank-ton-a
Yaqui yah-key
Yokut yo-cut
Yuchi u-chee
Yuma u-ma
Yurok your-ock
Zuni zoo-nee
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