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Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
Nacogdoches County, Texas This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 02:31 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Locations of American Indian tribes in Texas, ca. 1500 CE. Native American tribes in Texas are the Native American tribes who are currently based in Texas and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who historically lived in Texas. Many individual Native Americans, whose tribes are headquartered in other states, reside in Texas.
Recognized as "the oldest town in Texas," Nacogdoches derived its name from a Caddo Indian tribe. Despite occasional confusion with the pronunciation "Nah-cog-DOW-chess," locals commonly say "Nack ...
American Indian reservations in Texas (4 P) T. Tonkawa (3 C, 5 P) W. Wichita tribe (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Texas"
The name Akokisa is of unknown origin, although John R. Swanton has speculated that the name may be from the Atakapa word icāk meaning "person". The Akokisa have also been known by the following names and spelling variations: Arkokisa, [ 2 ] Caque, [ 2 ] Han, [ 2 ] Orcoquiza, [ 2 ] Accocesaw, Accockesaw, Accokesaus, Accokesaw, [ 4 ] Acokesa ...
The Karankawa's autonym is Né-ume, meaning "the people". [1]The name Karakawa has numerous spellings in Spanish, French, and English. [1] [12]Swiss-American ethnologist Albert S. Gatschet wrote that the name Karakawa may have come from the Comecrudo terms klam or glám, meaning "dog", and kawa, meaning "to love, like, to be fond of."
The approximate location of Indian tribes in western Texas and adjacent Mexico, ca. 1600. Upstream on the Rio Grande from La Junta were the people who came to be called the Suma, and further upstream from El Paso northward were the Manso Indians. The Manso and the Suma appear to have had similar cultures, although it is uncertain whether they ...