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Tomahawk – named after the eponymous Native American weapon. Tuckahoe; Viropa; Wahoo; Waneta; Wappocomo; Watoga – from the Cherokee word for "starry waters." [1] Watoga State Park; Weyanoke; Winona (Taylor County) Winona (Fayette County) Wyco; Wyoma; Yukon – named after the eponymous Alaska river.
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.
States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
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) Pages in category ...
Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: A survey of State-Recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States. University of Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 48. Sheffield, Gail (1998). Arbitrary Indian: The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2969-7.
Populations are the total census counts and include non-Native American people as well, sometimes making up a majority of the residents. The total population of all of them is 1,043,762. [citation needed] A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the continental United States
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 ...
United Cherokee Tribe of West Virginia. [25] Also in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Waccamaw Siouan Indian Association. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/16/1992; Postal service returned certified letter 11/5/1997. [27] Yamassee Indian Tribe of Seminoles. [162]