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The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk , Oneida , Wyandot , Abenaki , Shawnee , Mohawk , Seneca , Seminole , Iroquois , and Delaware , although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.
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".
Pages in category "Michigan placenames of Native American origin" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Probably made up by George M. "Doc" Willing as a practical joke; [28] originally claimed to have been derived from a word in a Native American language that meant 'Gem of the Mountains'. [29] The name was initially proposed for the Territory of Colorado until its origins were discovered.
The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent. [22] Hawaiian: Kamaʻāina Idaho: Idahoan Illinois: Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, [23] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian [24] Indiana: Hoosier: Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016), [1] Indianian (archaic) [25] Iowa ...
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Native American schools in Michigan (2 P) Pages in category "Native Americans in Michigan" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Michigan" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.