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Sipsey River - from the Choctaw word sipsi . [1] Sucarnoochee River - probably from the Choctaw words shokha and hachcha (stream). [46] Tensaw River; Tombigbee River - from the Choctaw words Itte-ombee-eye ika-abee (wooden box making river). [47] Waxahatchee Creek - from the Muscogee wakse (a clan name) and hacci (stream). [48]
The Choctaw language (Choctaw: Chahta anumpa [2]), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, US, is a member of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is a separate but closely related language to Choctaw. [3] The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the New Choctaw dictionary in 2016.
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Ottumwa – Algonquian word possibly meaning "rippling waters", "place of perseverance or self-will", or "town". Owanka – Lakota for "good camping ground". It was originally named Wicota, a Lakota word meaning "a crowd". [138] Pukwana – the name given to the smoke emitted from a Native American peace pipe.
Hatchie River – related to the common root word for "river" in Muscogean languages, such as Choctaw hvcha or hacha and Creek hvtce; however, the river is located within traditional Chickasaw homeland of North Mississippi, and the modern Chickasaw word for river is abookoshi’, suggesting that either the name is a more recent appellation or ...
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It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First ...
Animals figure significantly in Choctaw mythology, as they do in most Native American myth cycles. For example, in Choctaw history, solar eclipses were attributed to black squirrels, and maize was a gift from the birds. [9] Heloha (thunder) and Melatha (lightning) were responsible for the dramatic thunderstorms.