1)        Akotha = father

2)        Ashtubla = fish

3)        Atch-ee-pong = turtle; giver of life

4)        Aunish        = What? (to question "What did you say?")

5)        Ba-besh = necklace

6)        Ba-besh Ikanawakawan = necklace or bolo ceremony

7)        Be-zon = hello (warm, as when one encounters one of his own)

8)        Big and Little "Miami" = mother (Ottawa)

9)        "Blue Jacket" - called "Duke", served his adopted Shawnee people well, until the War of 1812 when he fought with Harrison's American army troops against Tecumseh and the British.

10)        Cat Linite = (pipestone) - pipe bowls carved out of pipestone

11)        Conneaut = many fish

12)        Cuyahoga = crooked river

13)        Dek-ki kils-wah = a day (dark hours) (A day in Shawnee is the smallest unit of time)

14)        Do-dam = clan

15)        Do-dam Ge-ah = clan mother

16)        Do-dam Okema = clan chief

17)        Ge-ah =mother

18)        Git-chee = great or large; anything less than an animal; "Good/Well done"

19)        Git-chee wabun = good morning

20)        Ha-su-ii (or Hassuee) = singer

21)        I-kan-a-wak-a-wan = ceremony

22)        Kanapaqua = snake

23)        Kapwah = flower

24)        Keelswah = sun

25)        Kiak-iak = hawk

26)        Ki-ji = great or large; pertaining to deities, man or animals

27)        Kils-wah = a day (light hours); Shawnee clock

28)        Kishkikosh = horse

29)        Majenica makwa = great bear monster

30)        Mak-wa = bear

31)        Manit = spirit

32)        Man-i-tou = spirit; supernatural hero (Kiji Manito = the Great Spirit; God)

33)        Megis = "Little shell people"; when using their "Great House" would use the conch shell bell to gather their people together to eat or for social  events

34)        Meg-wich = thank you

35)        Muskingum = elk's eye (Delaware)

36)        Ne-kah = hi, friend

37)        Okama = teacher

38)        Okama Ikanawakawan = other course ceremonies

39)        Okama manit = teacher spirit

40)        Okema = chief

41)        Olam-a-pies = story builder

42)        Orenda = Iroquois Indians could accumulate a sort of invisible force in all things that would give him strength in his daily life. By dreaming extra hard he could accumulate "orenda" to become a "shaman".

43)        Pa-wah-kah - Vision quest -- Used by Shawnee Indians with young boys as they become young men; to help them develop a positive mental attitude toward their way of life and develop an understanding of their spiritual beliefs.

44)        Pe-shik-thi = deer clan

45)        Pom-skan = drum

46)        Sa-chems = clan leaders

47)        Sawsah = brother

48)        Scioto = deer (Wyandot)

49)        Se-goi = fire

50)        Se-goi tam-sah = firewoman (cook)

51)        Se-goi we-lah = fireman (cook)

52)        Sha-mans = Algonquian medicine men; those who received the most power from their spirit

53)        Shawandasse = original name of the Shawnee meaning "The Southwind People".

54)        Sheauga = racoon

55)        Tam-sah = woman

56)        Tam-a-kia = fare you well; goodbye

57)        Totem = Algonquians personal guardian spirit

58)        Turtle clan = the boundary people

59)        Wam-pum = Indian money: usually beads

60)        Wapanzoah = rabbit

61)        We-lah = man

62)        We-lah do-dam = deer clan (Miami)

63)        Colors:

               Green - life (Okama training course staff's color)

               Yellow - power; appropriate to the South - ozandi

               Red - war; power; appropriate to the West - puccoon

               White - peace; appropriate to the East - wabi

               Black - death; strength; appropriate to the North - maka

               Blue - spirit (Okama training course participants' color) - panji