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Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
However, scholars of the language translate it as 'place of strong current.' Mettawa – named for a nearby Potawatomi settlement; Minonk – from the Ojibwe word meaning “a good place” or from the Mohican word meaning “high point”. Minooka; Mokena – a name derived from a Native American language meaning "mud turtle" Moweaqua; Nachusa ...
Pages in category "Oregon placenames of Native American origin" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
Populations are the total census counts and include non-Native American people as well, sometimes making up a majority of the residents. The total population of all of them is 1,043,762. [citation needed] A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the continental United States
Grand Ronde Community, of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: 11,040 acres (44.7 km 2), mostly in Yamhill County, with the rest in Polk County Siletz Reservation , of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz : 4,204 acres (17.01 km 2 ), 3,666 acres (14.84 km 2 ) of which is in Lincoln County
No Native American group in the state of Oregon maintained a written language prior to the arrival of European Americans, nor for a considerable period thereafter. It is therefore necessary to make use of visitor accounts and the records and press of frequently hostile and poorly comprehending outsiders to reconstruct the story of the region's ...
The land Oregon, Illinois was founded on was previously held by the ... .9% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.8% ... 5th place triple jumper for the 1920 ...