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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".
The granddaughter of a legendary Native American character, Raven the Trickster; she is a Red Indian mystic and the lover of the African American outlaw, Eddie Conroy. [citation needed] Jenny Everywhere: Jenny Everywhere: A superheroine who exists in all universes at once. [citation needed] Sandman/Soundman: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run
Group photograph of an early 20th-century baseball team from Ohio. The word nigger has historically been used in the names of products, colors, plants, as place names, and as people's nicknames, among others, but has fallen out of favor since the 20th century.
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 .
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
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Canada itself is a name derived from a Laurentian Iroquois word meaning "village" [1] [2] (c.f. Mohawk kaná:ta’). [3] [4] See Canada's name for more details. Aboriginal names are widespread in Canada - for a full listing see List of place names in Canada of aboriginal origin. Those listed here are only well-known, important or otherwise ...
Mobile County – named after a Native American tribe, perhaps from Choctaw moeli, meaning "to row" or "to paddle". [13] Shared with the city of Mobile, the Mobile Bay and the Mobile River. Talladega County – derived from the Muscogee phrase italua atigi, meaning "town on the border". [14] Shared with the cities of Talladega and Talladega ...