Five Nations, historically based in New York and Pennsylvania, referred to the Cherokee as Oyata'ge'ronoñ . It has also been suggested that the word Cherokee originated from a Muscogee Creek term meaning , referencing the linguistic distinction between the two groups. However, Cherokee scholar Jack Kilpatrick disputed this interpretation, arguing instead that the name derives from the Cherokee word tsàdlagí, meaning .

Origins

Anthropologists and historians have two main

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