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Shrum Mound is a Native American burial mound in Campbell Memorial Park in Columbus, Ohio. [2] The mound was created around 2,000 years ago by the Pre-Columbian Native American Adena culture. [2] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood or Certificate of Degree of Alaska Native Blood (both abbreviated CDIB) is an official U.S. document that certifies an individual possesses a specific fraction of Native American ancestry of a federally recognized Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community. [1]
Texas - Named for the state, which derives its name from taysha, in Caddoan Native American language. Allegedly means friend. Tontogany - Named after a local Chief. Most likely of Wyandot origin. Tymochtee - Wyandot. Allegedly means 'stream around the plains.' [28] Wabash - Common name of a tribe from Indiana
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
The site now includes a 9,000-square-foot (840 m 2) museum covering 1500 years of American Indian heritage in the Ohio Valley. Topics include North America's earliest people, the development of agriculture, and the impact of Europeans who migrated to the area and came into conflict with the Native Americans then living in region. The Museum ...
Under the United States Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (IACA), [13] members of state-recognized tribes may exhibit as identified "Native American" or "American Indian" artists. In addition to citizens of federally recognized tribes and tribally designated artisans, IACA says that members of "any Indian group that has been formally ...