What is the Cherokee translation of the word chief'?

Answer 1

The Navajo word for leader is: naatʼáanii

The Navajo did not have "chiefs" in the usual English meaning of the word. It means "something that guides growth, or directs it, by means of a process (following a number of rules or conditions)".

The root is nit'áh - process that leads to growth or maturity.

Answer 2

There are many hundreds of native languages in the North American continent and thousands if you include Central and South America, all with different words meaning "chief". Natives also recognised many different levels of chieftainship, from temporary war leaders and leading warriors to camp chiefs and supreme chiefs, often with different words for each specific type.

Just a few native words meaning a "head man" or chief are:

Powhatan..................werowance, weroance (werowansqwa, a female chief)

Cheyenne..................vého

Abenaki...................sôgmô

Maliseet...................sakom

Mohegan...................sôcumôk, sôcum

Naskapi.....................iiyuuchimaaw

Chippewa/Ojibwe.........niigaanizim, ogimaa, ogimaakaan, wegimaawid, mayaa (war chief)

Shawnee....................okima, me-kic-ki-lech-kie, nenochtoo (war chief), po-shi-to-tha-kie (tribal elder or councillor)

Cherokee....................ugáwiyuhi

Sanish (Arikara)............neeŝaánu'

Pawnee........................risharu

Inuit (Eskimo)...............issumatark

Apache.......................nanta

Yakama (Sahaptin).........miyáwax; miyúux

Lakota..........................itancan

Hidatsa.........................matseetsi

Crow.............................batse'tse, batse'tse-kyashe (head chief), ashbacheeitche (camp chief), cheetiisaahke (chief of scouts)

Answer 3

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