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Practically every tribe called themselves by a name meaning "the people", "real people", "first men", "true men", "men of men" and so on:

Tribe.................Real Name.......................Meaning

Cheyenne.........tse-tsehese-staestse......our people

Arapaho............hinono-eino.....................our people

Illinois...............inoka................................people

Delaware..........leni lenape.......................true men

Powhatan.........renape.............................people

Mandan.............rua'kaki...........................men, people (or ru'eta...........ourselves, our people)

Ojibwe...............anishinaabe....................original people

Cherokee...........aniyunwiya.....................principal people

Tanaina..............dena'ina..........................the people

Navajo...............dine'e..............................the people

Chippewyan.......dene...............................the people

Kiowa.................gaigwu............................principal people

Gwich'in..............gwich'in..........................the people

Eskimo.................inuit..............................the people

Apache................nde................................the people

Comanche...........numinu..........................the people

Ute......................nuutsiu..........................the people

Hidatsa................nuxbaaga.......................original people

There are many more examples.

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