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Some Native American words for "bear" are:

Oneida - ohkwa·lí

Cherokee - ya'na

Choctaw - ni'ta

Ojibwa - mukwa (grizzly bear = misabe mukwa)

Shawnee - m'kwah

Potawatomi - mko

Cheyenne - nahqui

Arapaho - whoth

Arikara - kuunux

Pawnee - kuuruks

Mandan - mato

Omaha - mon'chu

Dakota - mato

Zuni - iee shai

Hidatsa - nohpitsi

Crow - daxpitse

Nez Perce - yahka'

Blackfoot - kiaiu or kaiyi (it means "one who is lost")

Shoshone - weda'

Comanche - wasahpe

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