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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 .
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".
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 ...
As of 2008, there were nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon. [1] They are listed here by the names by which the governments call themselves. Their BIA names may be different. (See Native American tribes in Oregon for the individual tribes and bands.) Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
Oregon Geographic Names is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. It was compiled and edited by Lewis A. McArthur.
The Tillamook are a Native American tribe from coastal Oregon of the Salish linguistic group. The name "Tillamook" is a Chinook language term meaning "people of [the village] Nekelim (or Nehalem)", [1] sometimes it is given as a Coast Salish term, meaning "Land of Many Waters".
Clackamas County: 005: Oregon City: 1843: One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country: Named for the Clackamas people, a local Native American tribe. 423,173: 1,868 sq mi (4,838 km 2) Clatsop County: 007: Astoria: 1844: Northern and western portions of the original Twality District: Named for the Clatsop, a local Native American ...