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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 .
Some of the current place names of Native American origin in present-day Virginia and Maryland can be found recorded on Capt. John Smith's 1612 map of the region. This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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
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". The Tillamook tribe consists of several divisions and dialects ...
The newcomers of the 1820s brought with them diseases for which the native populations of the Oregon Country had no immunity. Waves of disease swept Native American communities between 1824 and 1829, with smallpox, measles, and an unknown ailment described at the time as "ague fever" annihilating tens of thousands. [17]
List of place names in Nebraska of Native American origin; List of place names of Native American origin in New England; List of New Jersey placenames of Native American origin; List of New York placenames of Native American origin; List of North Carolina placenames of Native American origin
The Chetco language is a member of the Athapascan languages, which also includes most native languages in Alaska, the Apache and Navajo languages in the southwest United States, and the languages spoken by the Rogue River and Tolowa tribes in Oregon. The name "Chetco" comes from the word Chit-taa-ghii-li (or Chit) in their own language, meaning ...