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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages. The primary Native American peoples present in Alabama during historical times included the Alibamu, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Koasati, and the lower and upper Muscogee (Creeks). [1] With the ...
Pages in category "Alabama placenames of Native American origin" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Alabama – named for the Alibamu, a tribe whose name derives from a Choctaw phrase meaning "thicket-clearers" [1] or "plant-cutters" (from albah, "(medicinal) plants", and amo, "to clear"). [ 2 ] Alaska – from the Aleut phrase alaxsxaq , meaning "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed").
Animals figure significantly in Choctaw mythology, as they do in most Native American myth cycles. For example, in Choctaw history, solar eclipses were attributed to black squirrels, and maize was a gift from the birds. [9] Heloha (thunder) and Melatha (lightning) were responsible for the dramatic thunderstorms.
The oldest symbol is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853. [1] The most recently designated symbol is the peach, Alabama's state tree fruit, established in 2006. Alabama does not have an official nickname, although "Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state license plates. [2 ...
The Alabama or Alibamu (Alabama: Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama. They were members of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy , a loose trade and military organization of autonomous towns; their home lands were on the upper Alabama River .
Alabama placenames of Native American origin (142 P) C. Creek War (2 C, 37 P) M. Middle Mississippian culture (1 C, 68 P) Mounds in Alabama (4 P) N.
Native American tribes in Alabama (4 C, 27 P) This page was last edited on 16 January 2024, at 04:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...