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Pages in category "New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
Pages in category "Native American tribes in New Hampshire" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The region of New England in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area. New England is in the Northeastern United States, and comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Listed are well-known names of towns, significant bodies of water, and ...
Native American tribes in New Hampshire (2 C, 4 P) ... List of place names of Native American origin in New England; S. Siege of Pemaquid (1696)
The Native Tribes of North America, Compendium Publishing, 1992. ISBN 1-872004-03-2; Stewart-Smith, David (1998). The Pennacook Indians and the New England Frontier, Circa 1604–1733 (PhD dissertation thesis). The Union Institute – via ProQuest. Waldman, Carl (2006). Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York: Checkmark Books.
A 36 ft (11 m) statue of Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh in Opechee Park in Laconia, New Hampshire. New Hampshire does not recognize any Abenaki tribes. [23] It has no federally recognized tribes or state-recognized tribes; however, it established the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs in 2010. [34]
States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.