Skithiryx t1_iu635pq wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:45 PM Reply to comment by marmorset 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 Iroquois is also an exonym by the way, they call themselves Haudenosaunee. Permalink Parent 83
Skithiryx t1_iu635pq wrote
Reply to comment by marmorset 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
Iroquois is also an exonym by the way, they call themselves Haudenosaunee.