Tsoyaha

plural Tsoyahas

1. Synonym of Yuchi.

   The Yuchi people, also known as the Tsoyaha, traditionally inhabited eastern Tennessee, though their origins remain a mystery and their language is a linguistic isolate that does not resemble any other Native American tongue.

   2017 November 21, John Michael Baglione, “Preserving a culture, one speaker at a time”, in The Harvard Gazette

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   But the Yuchis were never recognized independent of the Muscogee Nation or Creek Nation of Oklahoma. So I always jokingly tell people, they've heard of federally-recognized tribes, they've heard of state-recognized tribes. The Tsoyaha are a federally misrecognized tribe. We are recognized as part of the Muscogee Nation.

   2022 October 18, Daniel Wildcat, quotee, “Updated: What Traditional Ecological Knowledge Can Teach Us”, in Union of Concerned Scientists

   Synonyms: Yuchi

1. Synonym of Yuchi.

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   Well, this is a...we could do a whole program on this, so I'll give you the short version. The Yuchi, as we would refer to ourselves in our language, Tsoyaha, I am Tsoyaha, a Yuchi person, a Child or People of the Sun, we were one of the small groups of people nations that were in the Southeastern United States, along with Chickasaws, Choctaws, Cherokees, Seminoles, and, obviously, our Muscogee relatives.

   2022 October 18, Daniel Wildcat, quotee, “Updated: What Traditional Ecological Knowledge Can Teach Us”, in Union of Concerned Scientists

   Synonyms: Yuchi