[hanamizu]

Cherokee do not refer to themselves as “Cherokee”

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I had one tell me that “Cherokee” is impossible to pronounce in their language.

[JBW1949]

The word “Cherokee” came from the white man bastardizing the word “Tsalagi” (the “ts” is sounded “cha”)...

The Muskogee Creek called Ani-Yun-Wiya the Tsalagi, which in their language meant “people of different tongue”...