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The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies. Populations are the total census counts and include non-Native American people as well, sometimes making up a majority of the residents.
In July 2018 the United States' Federal Register issued an official list of 573 tribes that are Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. [1] The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana became the 574th tribe to gain federal recognition on December 20, 2019.
This is a list of historical Indian reservations in the United States.These Indian and Half-breed Reservations and Reserves were either disestablished or revoked. Few still exist as a considerably smaller remnant, or have been merged with other Indian Reservations, or recognised by state governments (such as Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area also known as OTSA) but not by the US federal government.
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 ...
Plains Indian people including Lakota, Osage, and Illini: Katmai National Park and Preserve: AK Yupik/Aleuts: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site: ND Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara: Lake Mead National Recreation Area: NV Virgin River Ancestral Pueblo; Mohave, Hualapai, Southern Paiute: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area: WA
"The division of O'odham lands has resulted in an artificial division of O'odham society. O'odham bands are now broken up into 4 federally recognized tribes: the Tohono O'odham Nation, the Gila River Indian Community, the Ak-Chin Indian Community and the Salt River (Pima Maricopa) Indian community." (quote from the Tohono O'odham Nation website ...
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.