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The first documented Albany Trade began with the Vielle of Albany during the 1692–94 expedition. At this point, Virginians were already trading with native groups in West Virginia. [49] French Map Ca. 1710. The Sussquahana and Sinaicus destroyed the Black Mincquaas. [79]
The Honniasont language may have been considered an Iroquoian language. [3] Charles Hanna believed their name, first appearing as Oniasont on 17th-century French maps, to be a variation of the name of the tribe recorded in West Virginia and western Virginia at the same time period, as Nahyssan and Monahassanough, i.e. the Tutelo, a Siouan language speaking people.
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of West Virginia whose names are derived from Native American languages.
Native American tribes in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. S. Shawnee (8 C, 8 P)
Thunderfoot, the indigenous American clan of T. Hawk in the Street Fighter series Thunderfoot, in the list of DC Comics characters: B Col. Thunderfoot, a rabbit colonel in List of Fables characters
West Virginia coal exports declined 40% in 2013—a loss of $2.9 billion and overall total exports declined 26%. [137] West Virginia ranked last in the Gallup Economic Index for the fourth year running. West Virginia's score was −44, or a full 17 points lower than the average of −27 for the other states in the bottom ten. [138]
An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression (West Virginia University Press, 1998) 316 pp. ISBN 978-1-933202-51-8; Trotter Jr., Joe William. Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915–32 (1990) William, John Alexander. West Virginia and the Captains of Industry (1976), economic history of late 19th century.
The northern panhandle is one of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia.It is a culturally and geographically distinct region of the state. It is the state's northernmost extension, bounded by Ohio and the Ohio River on the north and west and the state of Pennsylvania on the east.