All members of the Blackfoot tribe must also speak English, as they live in the United States. But the Blackfoot tribe also has its own language: the Blackfoot language. Probably your question is: How do you say hello in the Blackfoot language? Hello in Blackfoot is: Oki.
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Each tribe spoke its own language and had its own very different expressions of greeting.
Among the Crows of Montana the usual greeting was kaheé(ka-hay, meaning welcome) - or kaheésho-dachi. But a mark of particular honour was being greeted with di awa'kam mi: ite'ky (I see you, I am feeling better).
A Blackfoot might welcome you with oki (hello) or oki, aahsaapinakos (hello, good morning).
A Cheyenne might say pave-voona'o (good morning) or pave-esheeva (good day).
The usual greeting in Powhatan was chamah or netab.
In Ojibwe and related languages, the word for hello is aaniin or boozhoo.
In Natick, the language of the Wampanoag and their neighbours, the term was koonepeam (you are welcome).
There are more than 700 different native american languages. You need to clarify which one you're talking about. So, I've comprised a list for you of many different Native American languages (not all) on how to say hello.
Achumawi Homawi: Tusi uwi
Barbareno/Ineseno: Haku
Blackfoot: Oki
Cahuilla: Miyaxwa (Wanipiyapa), Miyaxwen (Qawichpameyawitcem)
Cherokee: Osiyo
Chickasaw/Choctaw: Hallito
Esselen: Saleki Atsa
Fernandeno: Miiyu, or, Nachochan
Hupa: He:yung
Karok: Ayekwi
Kashaya Pomo: Camay
Koasati: Chikaano
Kumeyaay: Háawka
Juaneno: Miiya
Lakota: Hau
Luiseno: Miiyu (or Miiyuyam for a group of people)
Havasupai: Jo Gamyu
Hopi: Lolma
Mountain Maidu: Heh-eh
Mohave: Kamaduu
Mono: Manahu
Muskogee: Hensci
Myaamy: Aya
Natchez: Aquenan
Navajo: Yá'át'ééh
Ohlone, Chochenyo: horše tuuxi
Ohlone, Mutsun: Pasip-inyi
Ojibwe: Aanii
Osage: Hawai
Paipai: Awka
Pawnee: Nawa
Plains Cree: tānisi
Pomo, Northern: Kidi mac'i
the Powhatan say: wingopo
Quechuan: Kumathum
Seneca: Se'kon
Serrano: Ava'aha
Southern Paiute: Maik'w
Unami: He
Wailaki: Sukim
Western Apache: Dagot'ee
Wichita: Aah
Wiyot: He'ba'lo'
Yokut, Chawchila: Hileu
Yokut, Choynok: Hiyuk
Yokut, Chuchanski: Hille
Yokut, Dumna: Hawaan
Yokut, toltichi: Xawaxaan
Yuki: 'On tat
Yurok: 'Ayekwi'
This question depends on what tribe, and which language you are using. This also depends on the relationship between you and the person saying it. What would work for one situation would not for another. For instance the Cherokee have 23 different dialects and at least 10 ways to say "Bye" in only one of those; so 230 total ways to say it (and that is just one tribe). Other tribes have one word for hello and good bye, Hawaiians for example. Modern(ly) we just say "Bye" or "See ya" etc.
Oh See Yoh. Is hello, and you can follow that phrase by saying Oh See Yoh(Hello) (Name) Dah Wah Doh
It depends on which tribe you are talking to.
Most Anishinabeweg say "Boozoo" as hello, and "Aniin" as hi.