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Well, I remember my Mother telling me she had a black cat and she named it Cha-muck. I'm sure that's not how it's spelled, but she told me it means black.....I don't remember what tribe it was either...probably Cherokee, but that's just a guess. Sorry I couldn't be of more help :/

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The word "black" in just a few native American languages:

Powhatan.............................mahcatawaiuwh

Abenaki................................mkazawi

Mi'kmaq................................maqtewe'k

Cheyenne.............................mo'kohtavo

Soo'taa'e..............................mo'ohtavo

Sauk.....................................makata

Potawatomi..........................muckahta

Maliseet................................mokosew-

Ojibwe..................................makadewaa or makadewizi

Arapaho................................wo'teen-

Mohegan..............................sukáyu-

Blackfoot...............................sik

Naskapi.................................wiipisiiw

Lakota..................................sapa

Crow.....................................shipita

Catawba...............................awokek or hawok'ktci or hawutkare

Hidatsa.................................sipisa

Navajo..................................łizhin

Apache..................................dilhkih

Sanish (Arikara).....................katiit

Pawnee.................................kaatiit

Caddo....................................hadeekko

Aztec (Nahuatl)......................tliltic or cacatzactli

Yaqui......................................chukuli

Hopi.......................................qömvi

Shoshone..............................duhu

O'odham................................chuk

Cahuilla..................................tulek

Choctaw.................................lusa

Creek......................................estelvste or lvste

Mohawk..................................kahòntsi

Cherokee................................gáhnage

Haida......................................hlgahls

Tlingit......................................tuch'

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