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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. Wahoo; Winnebago; Wyoming - Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows." Wyoming Township, Holt County, Nebraska; Yutan - Named for an Otoe chief.
Texas Senate Bill 274 to formally recognize the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, introduced in January 2021, died in committee, [13] as did Texas Senate Bill 231 introduced in November 2022. [14] Texas Senate Bill 1479, introduced in March 2023, and Texas House Bill 2005, introduced in February 2023, both to state-recognize the Tap Pilam ...
Wampanoag probably derives from Wapanoos, first documented on Adriaen Block's 1614 map, which was the earliest European representation of the Wampanoag territory. The Wampanoag translate this word to "People of the First Light."
In September, an appointed citizens review committee for a library in Montgomery County, Texas recategorized a children's book by Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) member Linda Coombs from ...
Last month, a citizen committee in Montgomery County, Texas made the decision to re-classify the children's book, "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" by Linda Coombs from children's non-fiction ...
Jumano Tribe (West Texas) (formerly The People of LaJunta (Jumano/Mescalero)). [32] Letter of Intent to Petition 03/26/1997. [27] Karankawa Kadla [177] Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Brackettville, TX [173] Lipan Apache Nation of Texas, [173] San Antonio, TX. Also known as the Kuné Tsa Nde Band of the Lipan Apache Nation of Texas
Jessie Little Doe Baird (Mashpee Wampanoag, born 1963), linguist and preserver of the Massachusett language; Hobomok, Wampanoag interpreter; Don Luis (died 1571), Kiskiack or Paspahegh guide and interpreter for a party of Jesuit missionaries in Virginia; Joseph James and Joseph James, Jr., Kaw/Osage interpreters and guides
Meanwhile, the Southwest has plenty of last name variety, given that Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona have large Latino populations. Last names such as Garcia, Hernandez, Martinez and ...