Indigenous
Cheyenne
Wyoming (WY)est. 1867pop. 65,132/shy-AN/
The meaning
“Speakers of a foreign tongue / red talkers”
How it got the name
The railroad town took the name of the Cheyenne nation — but that name is not what the Cheyenne call themselves. It is a Dakota Sioux exonym, Sahiyena, roughly 'people of an alien speech.' The Cheyenne name for themselves is Tsitsistas.
Former names
- Crow Creek Crossing
- Magic City of the Plains (nickname)
- Cheyenne