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The Dog Warrior Society was established by a directive given in a visionary dream after the prophet Sweet Medicine's departure. This society was originally found in both the Northern and the Southern Cheyenne. Today it exists only among the Southern Cheyenne. [8] Crazy Dogs (Hotamémâsêhao'o), [3] also known as Foolish Dogs. This society is ...
Waxahachie welcome sign. Some sources state that the name means "cow" or "buffalo" in an unspecified Native American language. [9] One possible Native American origin is the Alabama language, originally spoken in the area of Alabama around Waxahatchee Creek by the Alabama-Coushatta people, who had migrated by the 1850s to eastern Texas.
Buffalo Calf Road Woman, or Brave Woman, (c. 1844 [1] – 1879) was a Northern Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded warrior brother, Chief Comes in Sight, in the Battle of the Rosebud (as it was named by the United States) in June 1876. Her rescue helped rally the Cheyenne warriors to win the battle.
The Karankawa's autonym is Né-ume, meaning "the people". [1]The name Karakawa has numerous spellings in Spanish, French, and English. [1] [12]Swiss-American ethnologist Albert S. Gatschet wrote that the name Karakawa may have come from the Comecrudo terms klam or glám, meaning "dog", and kawa, meaning "to love, like, to be fond of."
Before the first European settlers arrived, the Comanche and several other Native American tribes lived in Cibolo. The name Cibolo means "buffalo". [6] The community first established when the Southern Pacific Railroad cut through the area en route to major cities such as Houston and San Antonio. Over time, Cibolo developed into the suburb it ...
The Blackfeet Nation is working to change buffalo numbers in the rolling hills of Montana. How one Native American tribe is working to restore Montana's buffalo population Skip to main content
A Native American word for cotton. 22,838: 801 sq mi (2,075 km 2) Parker County: 367: Weatherford: 1855: Bosque County and Navarro County: Isaac Parker, legislator for both the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas 173,494: 904 sq mi (2,341 km 2) Parmer County: 369: Farwell: 1876: Bexar County
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