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Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, North Carolina, exhibits an extensive collection of artifacts and items of historical and cultural interest. These range from the Woodland and early South Appalachian Mississippian culture periods, of which there are remains such as numerous earthwork platform mounds in the area, to 16th- and 17th ...
Only five states: (California, Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas), have larger Native American populations than North Carolina. [35] The total Native American and Alaska Native population in the United States is 2,824,751, or 0.95% of the total.
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
The site is the only national historic landmark in North Carolina to commemorate American Indian culture. It is owned by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and is operated by the Division of State Historic Sites. Today the Pee Dee people are based in South Carolina, where the state has recognized four bands and one ...
North Carolina Historical Review 52 (January 1975): 37–58. Perdue Theda. Native Carolinians: The Indians of North Carolina. Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1985. Prather, H. Leon, Resurgent Politics and Educational Progressivism in the New South: North Carolina, 1890–1913.
Cherokee towns in North Carolina (8 P) Chowanoc (3 P) L. Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (1 C, 2 P) N. ... Native American tribes in North Carolina (8 C, 36 P)