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Writing a work of fiction, but wanting accuracy in depicting the Sioux. There are many characters in this pre-explored North America book. I am wondering if there is any likelihood for a tribe to have gained names from surrounding tribes. For instance Montana and the majority of those 12 tribes. Would the Sioux ever have adopted a Crow, Cree, Chippewa, or Cheyenne name? I want to be historically accurate though the story itself holds no truth. Is it possible for a Sioux member to have a name from one of the others tribes, or in no way would this have ever happened? It is important to me to portray this story with the utmost respect. Is there any disrespect in "creating" names since the timeline to this story goes back so far? Kind regards!