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The Maumee River, historically also known as the "Miami" in United States treaties with Native Americans, is an anglicized spelling of the Ottawa or Odawa name for the Miami people, (o)maamii. [24] An Odawa village was located near the mouth of the Maumee in present-day Ohio. The Miami in their turn called the river the "Odawa river" taawaawa ...
Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie. Waco - Named after Waco, Texas , which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas.
Kekionga (Miami-Illinois: Kiihkayonki, meaning "blackberry bush"), [1] [2] also known as Kiskakon [3] [4] or Pacan's Village, [5] was the capital of the Miami tribe.It was located at the confluence of the Saint Joseph and Saint Marys rivers to form the Maumee River on the western edge of the Great Black Swamp in present-day Indiana.
Indiana placenames of Native American origin (4 P) K. Kickapoo (4 C, 12 P) M. Middle Mississippian culture (1 C, 68 P) ... Welborn Village Archeological Site; White Loon
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
Pigeon Roost State Historic Site is located between Scottsburg and Henryville, Indiana, United States. A one-lane road off U.S. Route 31 takes the visitor to the site of a village where Native Americans massacred 24 settlers shortly after the War of 1812 began.
Prophetstown State Park commemorates a Native American village founded in 1808 by Shawnee leaders Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa north of present-day Lafayette, Indiana, which grew into a large, multi-tribal community.
The Eel River were a historic Native American tribe from Indiana. [1] At the time of European contact in the mid-18th century, the tribe lived the northern Eel River, a tributary of the Wabash River in what is now Cass County, Indiana. [1] They were a sub-tribe of the Miami people and spoke an Algonquian language. [1]