Supposedly brave greeting? (3)
I believe the answer is:
how
'greeting?' is the definition.
(greeting used by some Native Americans)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for how that I've seen before include "See 16" , "In what manner or method?" , "By what means?" , "In what way?" , "Who (anag.)" .)