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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".
A scarred Native American warrior who is rewarded to marry the Chief's daughter after saving the Sun God's son, Morning Star, from giant birds of prey. Amy Cruse [citation needed] She-Who-Is-Alone The Legend of the Bluebonnet: A Comanche girl who has lost her parents. Based on the original Native American folklore, retold and illustrated by ...
List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of deity. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. Does your town's name have Native American roots? The answer might surprise you
It means "those who keep/tend the hearth-fire", which in this case refers to the hearth of the Council of Three Fires. The word itself comes from "to keep/tend the hearth-fire", which is " bodewadm " (without syncope: " bodewadem "; Ojibwe " boodawaadam ").
Fire started by lightning has always been a part of the natural life cycle in the Western U.S., and for centuries Native Americans also carried out controlled burns, referred to as cultural burns ...
This is a dynamic list of Native American video game characters that exclude sports and music titles. A study was published in 2009 by the University of Southern California called: "The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games" and it showed that Native Americans are underrepresented in video games .
Levi Rickert runs Native News Online, creating a large following connecting the Native American community around the country. "Social media without any reprisal because of the last name.