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==Name== "Chemehuevi" has multiple interpretations. It is considered to either be a [[Mojave language|Mojave]] term meaning "those who play with fish;"<ref>[http://www.chemehuevi.net Chemehuevi Indian Tribe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122191138/http://www.chemehuevi.net/ |date=22 January 2017 }}. Retrieved 1 March 2010.</ref> or a [[Quechan language|Quechan]] word meaning "nose-in-the-air-like-a-[[roadrunner]]."<ref name=p23>Pritzker 23</ref> The Chemehuevi call themselves ''Nüwüvi'' ("The People", singular ''Nüwü'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chemehuevi.net/History.html |title=History |work=Chemehuevi Indian Tribe |access-date=2007-03-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070911134710/http://www.chemehuevi.net/History.html |archive-date = 11 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/elzingad/chemehuevi_dictionary/ |title=An Online Chemehuevi Dictionary |author=Elzinga, Dirk |access-date=2007-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205030043/http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/elzingad/chemehuevi_dictionary/ |archive-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or ''Tantáwats'', meaning "Southern Men."<ref name=p23/> Alternate spellings of Chemehuevi include Chemeguab and Chemegueb.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Thomas C. |last2=Naylor |first2=Thomas H. |last3=Polzer |first3=Charles W. |title=Northern New Spain: A Research Guide |publisher=University of Arizona |url=https://open.uapress.arizona.edu/read/northern-new-spain-a-research-guide/section/1f21260b-5632-4c85-a79f-dde8198f2c5c |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
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