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Lotharofthepotatoppl t1_iu79t30 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:22 AM

Reply to comment by HereTakeThisBooger in TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset

If you ask the Navajo it doesn’t mean enemy, but I’m in no way an expert

The Navajo also call themselves Dine, because of course they were “named” by another tribe just like all the others lol