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  2. Dakota (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Dakota is a unisex given name derived from the name of the Native American Dakota people, or from the name of two states in the United States, North Dakota and South Dakota, which are also derived from the Dakota people indigenous to that area. The name is translated to mean "friend", "friendly" or "allies" in the Yankton-Yanktonai and Santee ...

  3. Unisex name - Wikipedia

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    A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific ...

  4. Native American cultures in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Native Americans in the United States fall into several distinct ethnolinguistic and territorial phyla, with diverse governmental and economic systems. They can be classified as belonging to several large cultural areas: Contiguous United States. Californian tribes (Northern): Yok-Utian, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Coast Miwok, Yurok, Palaihnihan ...

  5. List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous ...

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    Eberswalder Warriors, an American Football club in Eberswalde, Germany. Garland Aztecs, Garland, Texas - Semi-Pro. Mayas CDMX (Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional) - Mexico City, Mexico. Mexicas CDMX (Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional) - Mexico City, Mexico. Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) - While adopting Native American imagery, the team was ...

  6. Cherokee syllabary - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until its creation. [3] He first experimented with logograms, but his system later developed into the syllabary.

  7. List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United ...

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    This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. As of January 8, 2024, 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States. [1][2] Of these, 228 are located in Alaska and 109 are located in California. 346 of ...

  8. Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The most common of the modern terms to refer to Indigenous peoples of the United States are Indians, American Indians, and Native Americans. Up to the early to mid 18th century, the term Americans was not applied to people of European heritage in North America. Instead it was equivalent to the term Indians.

  9. List of Algonquian personal names - Wikipedia

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