A tweet I just saw is saying that the name of the state of Utah comes from an Ute word and, uh, the Ute people literally say it's not, and "Ute" isn't even how they refer to themselves
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And Europeans used the Cree name for everything because the Cree were the Natives they typically traded with For the purpose of, for instance, buying slaves
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It's awkward because AIUI there isn't actually a clear alternate name The people called themselves Dine, which was their general ethnicity, but they didn't have an endonym specifically for people from that region, which was the region where the Cree went hunting for slaves
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In think it's the same with Cherokee, which comes from another tribe's name for them
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