CHEROKEE HISTORY (with a focus on the "Corridor")

Cherokee

The early-day Cherokees called themselves "Ani-Yun-Wiya," meaning THE People, or Real (Principal) People. This was a universal name of early tribes when referring to themselves.

The Cherokees also called themselves "Ani Kitu-Hwagi" (Kituhwa, Keetoowhah, Keetoowah) or "People of Keetoowah."

Kituwah is a Cherokee site in North Carolina. Kituwah is understood as the “mother town” and the place with which many Cherokee most closely identify, calling themselves Ani-kituwah-gi (people of Kituwah). [more about Kituwah site]

Other people called them Cherokee, Charake, Tsalagi, Tchereke, Cheerake, Tsaragi, Tchereke, Cheerake possibly Tomahitans (reference from early Virginia traders to the Cherokee).

Current Oklahoma Cherokee info: http://www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=culture&culture=history