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The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is home of the Onk Akimel O'odham (also On'k Akimel Au-Authm – "Salt River People", a division of the Akimel O'odham – "River People"), the Maricopa of Lehi (call themselves Xalychidom Piipaa or Xalychidom Piipaash – "People who live toward the water", descendants of the refugee Halchidhoma ...
On an early map the name 'Alafia' does not appear, but rather the translation, Hunting River. The 'Alafia' is a native word meaning "River of Fire", likely due to the river glowing at night due to high phosphoric content. [10] After the end of the Second Seminole War, white settlers began to arrive, starting with Benjamin Moody in 1843.
In 2011, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of the Mohican Indians regained ownership 156 acres along the Hudson River, a tract known as Papscanee Island Nature Preserve near East Greenbush and Schodack. The land was donated to descendants of its indigenous inhabitants by the Open Space Initiative.
Chaang Ghar – A type of stilt house built in Assam state of India. It is mainly found in flood-prone areas of the Brahmaputra river valley. Thai stilt house – A kind of house often built on freshwater, e.g., a lotus pond. Vietnamese stilt house – Similar to the Thai ones, except having a front door with a smaller height for religious reasons.
This small community is along the North Fork of the Kentucky River, directly across the river from where Quicksand Creek flows into the river. For over 200 years, Quicksand has been well known as "where the Back's live," a very prolific family who were the first settlers to arrive there, in 1791.
Approximate boundaries of the Big Sur region. Big Sur is not an incorporated town but a region without formal boundaries in California's Central Coast region. [17] The region is often confused with the small community of buildings and services 26 miles (42 km) south of Carmel in the Big Sur River valley, sometimes referred to by locals as Big Sur Village, but officially known as Big Sur. [17 ...
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Prior to the 1850s, the Paiute people lived relatively peacefully with the other Native American groups. These groups included the Navajo, Ute, and Hopi peoples. [6] Though there was the occasional tension and violent outbreaks between groups, the Paiute were mainly able to live in peace with other tribes and settlers due to their loose social structure.