Onkwehón:we — the peoples, and what the Nation calls them
A people is not a place, so these are named rather than set on the map. Where the dictionary recorded what a name says in itself, it is given beneath. A people the Nation has no name for yet can be put up on the Word Bench.
- Abenaki
- Anèn:taks · Ratinèn:taks · Na'konhró:non · Ana'konhró:nonliterally: Pine eaters
- Absaroke (Crow)
- Tsoka'wehkowa'á:ka
- African-American
- Ratihòn:tsi
- Africans
- Ratihon'tsi'ón:we
- Algonquin people
- Ratirón:taks · Ronthsa'káhnha · Atewa'káhnhaliterally: Tree eaters
- Americans
- Wahstonhró:non · Ahstonhró:non · Ohstonhró:non · Wastonhró:nonliterally: People who reside at Boston
- Black people
- Ratihòn:tsi · Ratihon'tsíha · Ratihnahòn:tsiliterally: They're black
- Canadians
- O'serón:ni · Ron'serón:ni · Korahnehró:non · Korahró:nonliterally: They make axes
- Cayuga
- Kanawakonhá:ka · Kahoniokwenhá:kaliterally: People of the swamp
- Cayuga (Mohawkized version of the word Cayuga)
- Kaion'kehá:ka · Kaionkwehá:ka
- Cayuga, ONT
- Nikana'tsà:'a
- Cherokee
- Oniata'kehró:non · Oiata'kehró:nonliterally: People of the ditches, gullies. (borrowed from another Iroquoian nation)
- Cheyenne
- Tsaienhá:ka
- Chickasaw
- Tsikashá:ka
- Chinese
- Tehatikahré:sons
- Choctaw
- Tsahta'á:ka
- Comanche
- Kawentshá:ka
- Cree
- Ratihrhakón:haliterally: They are the people of the forest
- Delaware
- Rontsha'ká:nons
- Delaware (?(they speak a different language)?)
- Atewa'káhnha · Tewa'káhnha · Athsa'káhnha
- Dutch
- Ratirihstón:ni · Karistón:ni · Ratiristón:ni · Kristoniliterally: Iron makers
- English
- Tiohrhen'shá:ka
- English (from England)
- Tiohrhen'shaka'ón:we
- English(From England)
- Tiohrhen'shaka'ón:weliterally: The original/real people who are of the morning
- English(In general) also used to mean Europeans
- Tiohrhen'shá:kaliterally: People who are of the morning
- Europeans
- Ratihnarà:ken · Asseroniliterally: Axe-makers
- Foreigners
- Tehotiniatariià:kon
- Fox
- Tsitsho'á:ka
- French(from France)
- O'seronni'ón:weliterally: The original/real axe head maker
- French, from Canada
- O'serón:ni
- French, from France
- O'seronni'ón:we
- Germans
- Ronhsirón:ni · Ahsirón:ni · Ron'sharón:ni · A'sharón:ni · Tehotinontsistokerón:te · Ronshirón:niliterally: Blanket makers
- Huron
- Ratiwehno'kéhrha · Ronathsà:kanen · Ratiwehna'kéhrhaliterally: Floating islanders
- Huron (?)
- Wenrohró:non
- Indigenous people
- Onkwehón:weliterally: The original people
- Inuit
- Othore'kehró:nonliterally: People who reside of the North
- Iowa
- Iehonwe'á:ka
- Irish
- Irishá:ka
- Irish (Mohawkized version of Irish)
- Irishá:ka
- Iroquois (Ierokwa) people
- Ierokwa
- Iroquois people
- Kanonhsionni'ón:we · Rotinonhsión:ni · Kanonhseshá:ka · Kanonhseshró:nonliterally: The original/real extended house
- Israelians (Jewish)
- Tsota'ehró:non
- Israelians/Jewish (?)
- Shita'ehró:non · Tsota'ehró:non
- Italians
- Tarienhá:ka
- Italians (Mohawkized version of Italian)
- Tariièn · Tariienhá:ka
- Japanese
- Tehotikahro'thí:ie
- Mexicans
- Rotiswaná:wen
- Miami
- Tewe'tewe'á:ka
- Middle easterners
- O'nehsaronhkwa'kehró:non · Rontho'kóthaliterally: People who reside where the desert is
- Middle Easterners
- O'nesharonhkwa'kehró:non
- Mik-mak
- Atsa'ktahró:nonliterally: People who reside near the waters edge
- Mohawk
- Kanien'kehá:kaliterally: People of where the flint is
- Mohawk people
- Kanien'kehá:kaliterally: People of the place of the flint
- Muslims
- Rontho'kóthaliterally: They bow down
- Nanticokes
- Kaniataraktontiehá:ka
- Native people
- Onkwehón:weliterally: The real people
- New Yorkers
- Ka'nonno'kehró:non
- Nipissing
- Skekwennenhró:nonliterally: People of Skekwénnen
- Ojibwe (Chippewa)
- Ashisa'kehró:non
- Oneida
- Oneniotehá:ka · Oneniote'á:kaliterally: People of the standing stone
- Oneida, NY
- Oneniotè:keliterally: Place of standing stone
- Oneida, ONT
- O'nhiáthen
- Oneida, WISC
- Taron'kowáhne
- Onondaga
- Ononta'kehá:kaliterally: People of on the mountain
- Onondaga, NY
- Onontà:ke
- Ontarioans
- Oniatariio'kehró:non
- Original Peoples
- Onkwehón:we
- Osage people
- Washase'á:ka
- Otoe
- Oto'á:ka
- Pennselvanians
- O'nasnehró:non
- People of Kahnawake
- Kahnawa'kehró:nonliterally: People of Kahnawà:ke
- People of Kanesatake
- Kanehsata'kehró:nonliterally: People of Kanehsatà:ke
- People of Wahta
- Wahtahró:nonliterally: People of Wáhta
- Polish
- Thatirontatihénthosliterally: They pull logs
- Potawatomi
- Otsista'kehró:non
- Quebeqois
- Tekianontarikon'kehró:non
- Religious people
- Rotirihwiióston · Rontho'kótha · Shontathrewáhthaliterally: They made a Karihwí:io, a way of doing things in life
- Scottish
- Ken'táhere
- Seneca
- Shotinontó:wane · Tsonontowanehá:ka · Tsonontowane'á:kaliterally: They're mountain is great
- Senecas
- Tsonontowanehá:ka
- Shawnee
- Shawanohá:ka
- Sioux
- Washá:se · Oshá:se · Rati'nentstowá:nensliterally: Derives from one of their words
- Six Nation Confederates
- Ià:ia'k nihonnonhwentsá:ke
- Six nations confederates
- Ià:ia'k nihononhwentsá:keliterally: They are the six nationalities/countries
- Spaniards
- Eskwaniohrhá:ka
- Spaniards (Mohawkized version of Español)
- Ehskwaniohrhá:ka
- the Cayugas (their council name)
- Shotinennawen'tó:wane
- the Mohawks (their council name)
- Tehatirihó:ken
- the Oneidas (their council name)
- Nihatironta'kó:wa
- the Onondagas (their council name)
- Rotihsennakéhte
- the Senecas (their council name)
- Rontehnhohanónhnha · Ronatehnhóhonte · Rotihnhóhonte
- The United States
- Wahstonronnón:keliterally: The place of the people of Boston
- Three Fires Confederacy
- Áshen nihotitsénhaien
- Tsikónhsase (New Face)
- Jigonsaseh
- Tuscarora
- Thatihskarò:roksliterally: They gather up hemp
- Tuscarora, NY
- Tekaneniorèn:ke
- Vermonters
- Skanontkaraksen'kehró:non
- Virginians
- A'share'kowahnehró:non
- Warrior society
- Rotisken'ra:kete
- White people
- Ratihnarà:ken · Ratihnakèn:ra · Kenhnarà:ken · Kenhnakèn:raliterally: They are white colored is skins
- Wichita
- Washita'á:ka
The names come from the Nation’s own dictionary and from the Kanien’kéha maps of Karonhí:io Delaronde, a speaker of Kanièn:ke, with Jordan Engel, whose list gives the literal of each name.
