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It depends on the location of the tribe and the language they spoke.
Early settlers in eastern North America were mainly in contact with Algonquian-speaking tribes who used terms for a chief rendered in English as "sachem" or "sagamore" :
Mi'kmaq..........................................saqmaw
Delaware (Lenape).........................sakima
Narragansett..................................sachim
Abenaki...........................................sakema
Maliseet...........................................sakom
Mohegan.........................................sôcum, sôcumôk
Ojibwe.............................................ogimaa
Algonkin...........................................ogima
Ottawa/Odawa................................gimaa
Mahican............................................òwuyowaw
The English word "chief" was always applied indiscriminately to any native leader, whether they were simply a temporary war leader, a band chief or a tribal elder. White people have never been able to understand the complex system of leadership in many native tribes. Today it has become a term of insult used by ignorant people for any native American and should be avoided.
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Is native American Indians the same as middle American Indians?
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Why were the India's called native Americans?
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