Editing Cherokee (section)

==Etymology==
A Cherokee-language name for Cherokee people is {{Lang|chr-latn|Aniyvwiya}} ({{lang|chr|ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ}}, translating as {{Gloss|Principal People}}).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Heidi |title=Research Guides: Cherokee Studies: Welcome |url=https://researchguides.wcu.edu/CherokeeStudies/home |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=researchguides.wcu.edu |language=en}}</ref> Another endonym is {{Lang|chr-latn|Anigiduwagi}} ({{Lang|chr|ᎠᏂᎩᏚᏩᎩ}}, translating as {{Gloss|People from Kituwah}}).<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff REPORTS |date=2023-08-22 |title=Native American remains receive symbolic headstone at Fort Campbell |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/native-american-remains-receive-symbolic-headstone-at-fort-campbell/article_f0abf326-410e-11ee-a4ea-83ea2e722bd9.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=cherokeephoenix.org |language=en}}</ref> {{Lang|chr-latn|Tsalagi Gawonihisdi}} ({{lang|chr|ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ}}) is the Cherokee name for the [[Cherokee language]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nagle |first=Rebecca |date=2019-11-05 |title=The U.S. has spent more money erasing Native languages than saving them |url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/51-21-22/indigenous-affairs-the-u-s-has-spent-more-money-erasing-native-languages-than-saving-them/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=High Country News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Ethnologue17">{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Cherokee: A Language of the United States |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/chr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925071809/http://www.ethnologue.com/language/chr |archive-date=2014-09-25 |access-date=October 20, 2014 |work=[[Ethnologue]]: Languages of the World |publisher=[[SIL International]]}}</ref>

Many theories, though all unproven, abound about the [[etymology|origin of the name]] ''Cherokee''. It may have originally been derived from one of the competitive tribes in the area.

The earliest Spanish transliteration of the name, from 1755, is recorded as {{Lang|es|Tchalaque}}, but it dates to accounts related to the [[Hernando de Soto]] expedition in the mid-16th century.<ref>Charles A. Hanna, ''The Wilderness Trail'', (New York: 1911). This was chronicled by de Soto's expedition as [[Chalaque]].</ref> Another theory is that ''Cherokee'' derives from the [[Muscogee Creek|Lower Creek]] word {{Lang|mus|Cvlakke}} ("chuh-log-gee"), as the Creek were also in this mountainous region.<ref name="M&M">Martin and Mauldin, ''A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee'', Sturtevant and Fogelson, p. 349.</ref>

The [[Iroquois]] Five Nations, historically based in New York  and Pennsylvania, called the Cherokee {{Lang|iro|Oyata'ge'ronoñ}} ({{Gloss|inhabitants of the cave country}}).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mooney |first1=James |title=Historical Sketch of the Cherokee |date=1975 |publisher=Aldine Pub. Co. |location=Chicago, IL |isbn=0202011364 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch0000moon/page/4 4] |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch0000moon/page/4 }}</ref> It is possible the word ''Cherokee'' comes from a [[Muscogee language|Muscogee]] Creek word meaning {{Gloss|people of different speech}}, because the two peoples spoke different languages.<ref>[https://www.tolatsga.org/Cherokee1.html "Cherokee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425221202/http://www.tolatsga.org/Cherokee1.html |date=April 25, 2019 }} - Tolatsga.org</ref> Jack Kilpatrick disputes this idea, noting that he believes the name come from the Cherokee word {{Lang|chr-latn|tsàdlagí}} meaning {{Gloss|he has turned aside}}.