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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of West Virginia whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Pages in category "Native American tribes in West Virginia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Native American tribes in West Virginia (4 C, 11 P) S. Susquehannock (1 C, 16 P) W. West Virginia placenames of Native American origin (111 P)
In 2018, six more Virginia-based tribes were added to the list, then in 2020 the Little Shell Chippewa were recognized bringing the total to 574. [7] Of these, 231 are located in Alaska. Except for Hawaii, states that have no federally recognized tribes today forcibly removed tribes from their region in the 19th century, [ 8 ] mainly to the ...
Virginia: 65: 0.11 (0.28) 0.012 (0.032) 0.12 (0.31) ... These areas have a substantial concentration of members of tribes that are State recognized but not Federally ...
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 ...
This tribe may have been indigenous to the West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky area and could be descendants of the Fort Ancient or Monangahela cultures. [19] Some protohistoric Shawnee villages have been found at locations that were former Fort Ancient sites, such as Lower Shawneetown . [ 20 ]
Despite West Virginia receiving Union statehood on June 20, ... Name Image Date designated [16] Locality [16] County [16] 03000346† Christian Allemong House [17]