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The Uncompahgre Ute (/ ˌ ʌ ŋ k ə m ˈ p ɑː ɡ r eɪ ˈ j uː t /) or ꞌAkaꞌ-páa-gharʉrʉ Núuchi (also: Ahkawa Pahgaha Nooch) is a band of the Ute, a Native American tribe located in the US states of Colorado and Utah. In the Ute language, uncompahgre means "rocks that make water red." [1] The band was formerly called the Tabeguache.
White River (Indiana) is a translation of the Miami-Illinois waapikaminki ("at the white waters"), possibly a reference to the rapids at Broad Ripple. [60] Winamac, Indiana, is named for Winamac a Potawatomi chief. The word is said to mean "catfish." [61] Wyandot or Wyandotte - From Wyandot people, also known historically as the Huron.
The Uncompahgre Ute Indians from central Colorado are one of the first documented groups of people in the world known to use the effect of mechanoluminescence. They used quartz crystals to generate light, likely hundreds of years before the modern world recognized the phenomenon.
900: American Southwestern tribes trade with Indigenous peoples of Mexico to obtain copper bells cast through the lost-wax technique. 915 (exact date): Construction begins at Pueblo Bonito, the largest Ancestral Pueblo Great House. 1000: Discovery of Vinland by Leif Erikson and Norse colonization of North America.
Tecumseh was the Shawnee leader of Tecumseh's War who attempted to organize an alliance of Native American tribes throughout North America. [ 86 ] As American expansion continued, Native Americans resisted settlers' encroachment in several regions of the new nation (and in unorganized territories), from the Northwest to the Southeast, and then ...
During the 1840s, Indiana completed the removal of the Native American tribes. The majority of the Potawatomi voluntarily relocated to Kansas in 1838. Those who did not leave were forced to travel to Kansas in what came to be called the Potawatomi Trail of Death, leaving only the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians in the Indiana area. [126]
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Indiana" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that started during the latter end of the early Woodland Period (1000 to 200 BCE) . The Adena culture existed from 500 BC into the First Century CE [ 1 ] and refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system.