Editing Chickasaw (section)

==Etymology==
The name Chickasaw, as noted by anthropologist [[John Swanton]], belonged to a Chickasaw minko', or leader.<ref name=john_swanton_figure>
{{cite book
 | last = Swanton
 | first = John
 | title = Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians
 | year = 1931
 | publisher = The University of Alabama Press
 | isbn = 0-8173-1109-2
 | page = 29
}}
</ref> "Chickasaw" is the English spelling of ''Chikashsha'' ({{IPA|mus|tʃikaʃːa}}), meaning "comes from Chicsa". In an 1890 extra census bulletin on the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee, and Seminole, a history of the Choctaw and Chickasaw was included that was written by R.W. McAdam. McAdam claimed that the word "Chikasha" meant "rebel" in the Choctaw language.<ref>United States. Bureau of the Census. Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890. ''Extra Census Bulletin: The Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory: The Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.'' Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1894. Page 29.</ref> Spanish explorer [[Hernando de Soto]] had recorded the people as ''Chicaza'' when his expedition came into contact with them in 1540; the Spanish were the first known Europeans to explore the North American Southeast.<ref>Wissler, Clark (1993) ''Los Indios de Estados Unidos de América,'' Paidós Studio, nº 104 Barcelona</ref><ref>Hale, Duane K & Gibson, Arrell M. (1989) ''The Chickasaw'', Frank W. Porter III General Editor, Chelsea House, New York.</ref>

The suffix ''-mingo'' (Chickasaw: ''minko'') is used to identify a chief. For example, ''[[Chief Tishomingo|Tishomingo]]'' was the name of a famous Chickasaw chief. The towns of [[Tishomingo, Mississippi|Tishomingo]] in [[Tishomingo, Mississippi|Mississippi]] and [[Tishomingo, Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] were named for him, as was [[Tishomingo County, Mississippi|Tishomingo County]] in Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tishominko {{!}} Chickasaw Hall of Fame |url=https://hof.chickasaw.net/Members/2011/hof.chickasaw.net/Members/2011/Tishominko |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=hof.chickasaw.net}}</ref>