That is what we call ourselves, just like all the other tribes on this island. In every language, the people have, or had, a name for themselves in which is translated to mean the "Real People", "Men of men", "People among people". Cherokee is not our tribes true name. Aniyvwiya is and when translated it comes out "Real People", or "They originate of the People". It means that we were born as everyone else in this world, just that we were born to the group who's language we say it in.