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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 ...
Pages in category "New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
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.
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)
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. 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]
There is a State-recognized tribe with the same name, Meherrin Indian Tribe (I). Ne'Ha-Tsunii Indian Nation [76] Nee Tribe (a.k.a. Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe and Near River Dwellers), [23] East Bend, NC; Ridge Band of Cherokees, [23] Ridgecraft, NC; Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe, Elizabeth City, NC, [128] formerly the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of ...
The Nashaway (or Nashua or Weshacum) were a tribe of Algonquian Indians inhabiting the upstream portions of the Nashua River valley in what is now the northern half of Worcester County, Massachusetts, mainly in the vicinity of Sterling, Lancaster and other towns near Mount Wachusett, as well as southern New Hampshire. [1]