Native Names
- Abenaki: awasos
- Algonquin: makwa
- Blackfoot: kiááyo
- Carrier: sʌs
- Cree: maskwa
- Dene: tsah
- Ojibwe: makwaa
- Crow: daxpitchée
- Gwich'in: shooh-zhraii
- Hopi: hoonaw
- Lakota (Sioux): mato
- Navajo: shash (łizhinígíí)
- Nez Perce: yáakaʼ
- Sahaptin: yáka
- Shoshone: wedaʼ
- Tlingit: sʼeeḵ
- Tsalagi: gv-ni-ge-yo-na
- Nahuatl: tlācamāyeh
- Tarahumara: ojuí
- Guarijio: ohoí
- Kiliwa: kmákan
- Kickapoo: mahkwa
- Yoreme: jóona
- O'odham: judumi
The word baribal is used as a name for the black bear in Spanish, French, Italian and German. Although the root word is popularly written as being from an unspecified Native American language, there is no evidence for this.
Read more about this topic: American Black Bear
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