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The Catawba have also been known as Esaw, or Issa (Catawba iswä, "river"), named after their territory along the principal waterway of the region.Historically, Iswa, today the river is commonly known as the Catawba River from its headwaters in North Carolina and into South Carolina before continuing as the Wateree River in Fairfield county, South Carolina.
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of West Virginia whose names are derived from Native American languages. Listings [ edit ]
Barbour County was settled primarily by white people from eastern Virginia, beginning in the 1770s and '80s. It was part of the colony (later state) of Virginia until West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a separate state during the American Civil War. The families that later became known as "Chestnut Ridge people" began to arrive after ...
Pages in category "Native American tribes in West Virginia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Native American history of West Virginia ... Native American tribes in West Virginia (4 C, 11 P) S. ... Buffalo Indian Village Site; C. Catawba Trail; F.
Shares a name with a state-recognized tribe Rappahannock Indian Tribe (I). Roanoke-Chowan Native American Association, Inc., Winton, VA [190] Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe, Dare County, VA [189] Southern Cherokee Confederacy, Pine Log Clan. [25] Turtle Band of Cherokee. [25] United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia. [25] Letter of Intent to Petition ...
Charles Hanna believed their name, first appearing as Oniasont on 17th-century French maps, to be a variation of the name of the tribe recorded in West Virginia and western Virginia at the same time period, as Nahyssan and Monahassanough, i.e. the Tutelo, a Siouan language-speaking people. [3]
Paleo-Indian culture appeared by 10,500 BCE in West Virginia along the major river valleys and ridge-line gap watersheds. The New Trout Cave in Pendleton County has been studied by archaeologists since 1966 and is one of many Paleo-Indian cave shelters in the region.