Native American Names.?

When your native american, do they just give you names that they just feel like giving you. Such as 'Crazy Horse' or 'Sitting Bull'. Because I am Cherokee and would like to have a native american name for myself and family.

Native American Names.?
Alright im cherokee an powhatan now you dont get your name your elder has to give it to you! so therefore its really not your name so you can juzt look them up im sure theres some.



Reply:every nation is different. in my nation the names belong to the clan and are handed down to babies and children at ceremony. the name is unique and no one else may have it until that person dies. then the name goes back to the clan to be given to another child at a later time.





i don't think any nation simply picks their own name. most i am aware of have them given by an elder or other authority within the tribe. or at least there is some tribal recognition of that name in a ceremony.
Reply:why do you have blond hair and blue eyes?...just curious.





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Oh that's cool. My dad's got Maroon and Arawakan in him...random I know...