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May 20, 2011 — The Amondawa language has no word for "time", or indeed of time ... will know intimately rather than using generic words for river or riverbank.. Aug 17, 2017 — Ojibwe used the word “miquan” as a meaning for “ladle”. This peculiar name was decided upon due to the way each river in the area bended into .... Jun 4, 2015 — Two bands of Native Americans used the word Mascoma. To the Abenaki Mascoma meant, “salmon fishing place with much grass.” To the .... Brasstown Bald - Georgia's highest mountain (4,784 feet) is named for a Cherokee town on the Hiawassee River in Towns County. The actual Cherokee name for .... The word is derived from the name of an Native American tribe living on the west side of the Sacramento River. *CONTRA COSTA. Created 1850. The name .... Oct 15, 2014 — The word means one of three things: “meeting place”, “winding river”, or “river of the great bend”. 23. Texas. A Caddo Indian word meaning “allies.. They lived along rivers and near springs, where they raised corn, squash, and beans. They traded with other tribes for things like pottery, animal hides, salt, and​ .... Mar 12, 2018 — A: Wisconsin's name evolved from “Meskonsing,” an English spelling of the French version of the Miami Indian name for the Wisconsin River, .... Oct 12, 2015 — (They were still there when Europeans arrived.) Conshohocken. The borough beside the Schuylkill River was once known as “Gueno-sheiki- .... Knife River Indian Village, North Dakota. Click for ... Native American symbols were like words and often had one or more definitions and/or contained different​ .... Nov 22, 2018 — The name came from the Indian word “anaquashatanik,” which means “a town of traders ... For the Nacotchtanks, the river was a source of food.. The names of the bands and the areas they lived in before European contact are as ... The White River Ute (Parianuche and Yamparika) lived in the alleys of the ... The routes the Utes established were used by other Native American tribes .... Dec 16, 2020 — The Kalapuyans are a Native American ethnic group. ... The major tribal territories were divided by the Willamette River and its tributaries. ... There are about 20 different spellings of the word Kalapuya historically, with this .... Chesapeake (bay): Algonquian name of a village. Connecticut from an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river.” Illinois – Algonquin for “ .... Apr 13, 2021 — But they continued to use indigenous language to name, describe, and anoint the ... Between 1492 and the American Revolution, this continent's ... a few Native place-words were also bands of people: Passaic (“river flowing .... The term, "Tennessee," is of Native American origin. ... The Spanish explorer, Captain Juan Pardo, was the first to record the word form during his ... One of these villages was located on the Hiwassee River in what is now Polk County Tn.​, and .... The Colorado River Indian Tribes' Reservation was established March 3, 1865 for the “Indians of said river and its tributaries”. The Indigenous people were the .... The land between the Flint River and the river it historically fed into, the ... The Creeks, like all other Native Americans, appear to have descended from Asian ... Indians and Europeans occurred in 1513 when a Spaniard name Juan Ponce de​ .... Jun 20, 2012 — Long before the first Europeans arrived, the Cherokees developed ceremonials that focused on the spiritual power of running water.. Aug 2, 2009 — I have spent all my life hearing and reading that the word "HATCHIE" is a Native American word meaning “river”. This is aledgedly how the .... by K Szczepaniec · Cited by 2 — Terms such as Native American, Native, Indigenous, First Nations, and. American Indians ... Niagara derives from the Iroquois name for the river On-ga-ria or On-.. Jan 3, 2020 — When you look at a map of Wisconsin, it's covered in names that remind us of ... But some of them have really unique Native American names.” ... Mequon: Could mean 'spoon' in reference to the Milwaukee River bending to .... People: Native American tribes: Abnaki, Aguaruna, Algonquian or Algonkian, ... Pacific coast near the Columbia River Chippewa or Chippewayanother name for​ .... There is no single native American language, there are many languages spoken by American Indians. In the Paiute language: River = bahoood.. Jun 26, 2020 — The river derives its name from an American Indian village on its southern bank, the home of the Patawomeke people. ... They were a sometimes- .... Feb 16, 2021 — American Indian Tribes gave names to each of the full moons to keep track of ... Month, Name of Moon, Meaning ... freezing river maker moon. Oct 30, 2020 — Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month throughout November. ... Denali its name, Native Americans have a connection to every national park, ... A small group of caribou swim across a wide river with a forest and .... Mar 19, 2015 — The influence of Native Americans on Lawrence and Beaver counties can be seen nearly everywhere we look, from the names of our rivers, .... Jun 18, 2014 — Others accused us of making up the etymology of the word. Others implied it doesn't matter because "there's like 6 true Native Americans" left .... Three Shawnee chiefs have left their names upon the records –. Cornstock, Blue Jacket, and Tecumseh. Other well known. Shawnee were Black Hoof, Black Fish,​ .... The Washington administration's initial policy toward Native Americans was ... by insisting on American possession of all territory east of the Mississippi River.. by JD Forbes · Cited by 25 — And it is true that most or perhaps all Native Americans see the entire universe as ... “For the Lakota, mountains, lakes, rivers, springs, valleys, and woods were all ... What is understood though, through the spoken word, is that silence is also .... Most of our state's names have origins in Native American Languages. ... Connecticut from the Mahican word quinnehtukqut meaning beside the long tidal river.. Ninth. “Mississippi River, the Great River.” Original. Mish-a-si-pok-ni, Aged beyond. The Choctaw words for Great River .... by E Hunn · Cited by 111 — to approximately 500. Over 1000 Sahaptin Indian place-names have been recorded. A sys- ... by Indians resident along the lower mid-Columbia River since first.. Apr 14, 2021 — This small Falmouth community gets its name from the Wampanoag “small cove,” or “small river.” The Great Sippewissett Marsh is home to .... ... published the first of his influential studies of Native American culture in 1888, ... In “Myths of the Cherokee,” published in The Journal of American Folklore, ... The translation of the Cherokee word for river, “Long Man,” or, more literally, .... "Wisconsin" (originally "Meskonsing") is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name for a river that runs 430 miles through the center of our .... Southeastern Indian Place Names in Alabama. Alabama- a river, and the name of our state. Derived from the Choctaw words alba amo, which mean “those.. For thousands of years, Native Americans prized the fertile Mississippi River ... In fact, Winona takes its name from this band of Indians, as the Dakota word .... The French empire was based on the fur trade in this region and required Native American alliances to sustain it. Native people and the French traded, lived .... 6 days ago — Iroquois Indian word meaning “beautiful river,” taken from the river of the same name. Oklahoma. Coined about 1866 by a Choctaw-speaking .... May 11, 2015 — Minnesota is one of 28 states whose name is derived from Native Americans. ... “​The state is named after the Minnesota River. 'Mni' is the .... Jun 30, 2016 — The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Georgia retains the Native American word "Chattahoochee," which the National Park .... Jun 23, 2019 — The names of the river and valley were usurped by a man named ... The Native Americans who lived in the Hudson Valley just before and at the .... In 1786, the United States established its first Native American reservation and ... administration successfully removed them from states north of the Ohio River.. Throughout the State are towns, lakes, rivers and mountains, whose names recall ... Sometimes the cumbersome Indian name would be shortened or twisted to .... Boy Names That Mean Water. Adrian. Meaning: from the Adriatic sea. Alun. Meaning: Name of a Welsh river. Arnav. Meaning: Indian name for ocean. Bach/​Beck.. Nov 28, 2018 — Exploring the rich Native American history that is intrinsic to our region's identity. ... Like the Rappahannock, the name for the largest river on the .... Many U.S. states, indigenous animals, and foods are named using Native American languages. Let's take a look at everyday words from Native languages!. May 11, 2021 — "Gichi-ziibi" is an Ojibwe word meaning "big river" or "Mississippi River.". by AG Henderson · Cited by 1 — As currently understood, American Indian history in Kentucky is over eleven ... despite the fact that names, languages, and particular histories are lost to ... This is the only place along the entire length of the Ohio River where.. The sites of these Native American tribes in Florida tell a story that no history book can recount. ... Most weekends, the Manatee River is crowded with watercraft - sail, motor and ... The words "Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki" mean "a place to learn." Located .... Chapanoke: a community in Perquimans County; named for an Indian village ... Tuckasegee: a river in Western North Carolina; named for Cherokee word .... Oct 7, 2020 — Mississippi (state and river): from an Indian word meaning "Father of Waters." Malibu (California): believed to come from Chumash. Manhattan ( .... A list of names in which the usage is Indigenous American. ... In Brazilian folklore this is the name of a beautiful river nymph who would lure men ... This name was borne by a Native American woman who guided the explorers Lewis and Clark.. by GD Sandefur · 1996 — The U.S. census decennial enumerations indicate a Native American ... The practices of creating formal censuses and keeping lists of names of tribal ... Some tribes, such as the Walker River Paiute, require at least a one-half Indian (or tribal​) .... by S Park · 2016 · Cited by 24 — The foods of the Native Americans are widely consumed and their culinary skills still ... that he had reached Asia—thus the name Indian for the Native Americans. ... the Indian fisherman to pull the catfish onto the bank of the river or stream.. Jun 30, 2021 — The state of Alabama is named after the river which European explorers named after a local Native American tribe, according to the Alabama .... Nov 17, 2017 — Mississippi. Misiziibi, from the Ojibwe language meaning "big river," a reference to the longest river in North America. Missouri. From .... by I Goddard · 2010 · Cited by 8 — ... Delaware Indian community on Six Nations Reserve, just west of the Niagara River in ... “Manhattan” was the first Native American place-name to be record-.. Answer the clue by entering the correct county name into the puzzle. Missaukee, Named for the river "Nantounagon; Ojibwa "onagon" means "dish" or "bowl".. Answer: The Native American communities that used the river for transportation and food long before any European knew of its existence called the massive river “ .... In the United States, there are hundreds of names by which these tribes are known. See also Searching for Native American When the Tribe is Unknown". ... B. Bad River Band of the Lake Supperior Tribe of Chippewa · Bannock · Barona Band .... In later days, Native American names were also applied to some places to which ... Given by L & C as the Hidatsa Indians name for the Missouri River (JL CE .... Quinnitukqut, which is the Mohegan Indian name for the Connecticut River. Literally the name means "long river." Illinois, Illiniwek, which is the tribal name of the .... Apr 11, 2018 — The History of Native Americans in Tampa ... Also identified were the Mocoso, who lived near the Alafia River; the Pohoy of northern ... Word spread of de Leon's “great harbor” that the Calusa called “Tanpa,” believed to mean .... Algonquian word for a river bottom. 12) Comes from the name of an American Indian tribe, mass-adchu-s-et. One translation of this word is “near the great hill”.. Dec 18, 2018 — Are you curious how your neighborhood originally received its name? Or maybe why the Mon and Allegheny Rivers are different colors when .... It may be almost impossible to picture this place we call Two Rivers, prior to the arrival of any white man. The first report of an Indian village was in 1779 when the British ship Felicity ... Somehow the settlers turned his name into Mexico. This is .... More place names come from other indigenous words. Connecticut, which names both a state and a river, comes from an Algonquian word meaning "land on the .... May 20, 2019 — That, of course, is not what the Native Americans called it. The Trinity had two names to Texas' original inhabitants. The Caddos living in what .... Aug 25, 2019 — The name Chicago is derived from the local Indian word chicagoua for the ... the native name for the mouth of the present Chicago River, where .... Native Americans lived along the Assabet River in Acton more than 7,000 years ago. ... a name given by the Native Americans who traveled through this territory,​ .... So we have compiled a number of Indian place names and their English meanings as translated by John ... Nehantuck: “point of land on a tidal river or estuary”.. Sep 1, 2015 — Mount McKinley was recently renamed Denali, but it's not the only one with a Native American name.. Nov 11, 2016 — 75+ Native American Children's Books for Native American Heritage Month: ... Through carefully chosen words and engaging illustrations, this ... way of life of a Native American community on the shores of the Missouri River.. by H Zenk · 2008 · Cited by 10 — American Place-names of the Willamette Valley. Region. THE FIRST KNOWN DIRECT CONTACT between speakers of alower. Columbia-River indigenous .... Dec 11, 2019 — A breakthrough occurred last night, when I was researching a list of Native American river names produced by a professor at the University of .... It would take almost a century before Native Americans would enter Ohio and ... that eventually expanded to the west on the land between the Ohio River and ... American settlers coming to Ohio often used Native American names for their .... 7> Indian Names of Places — Indian Names Of Places. Allegheny - Fairest River Savannah - Grassy Plain Passaic - Peace Valley Natchez .... Explore the rich history of Native Americans in North Carolina with the help of this ... June 8: Tuscarora Indians on the Roanoke and Tar-Pamlico Rivers send a ... March 11: The Indians of Robeson County change their name to Cherokee .... Nov 8, 2018 — Chicago has the oldest urban Indian center, and the third largest ... The city's name comes from the Algonquian people, who called the river on .... The Indian name for the Charles River was "Quinobequin," meaning meandering. Anecdotal and archaeological evidence has left behind some clues as to how .... Sep 29, 2015 — Lenni Lenape Word List. 34996.indd 99 ... Asgalendam. Indian Language, ... River. Sipo. River, One Who. Is Along the River,. Bank, or Shore.. Mar 14, 2013 — The first fur traders who entered the area in 1811 were told that the name of the river was Tsill-ane which then became Chelan. The name means .... Nov 19, 2008 — -*- Cuyahoga -- An Indian word that translates as “crooked stream” or “winding stream” as inspired by the Cuyahoga River. -*- Erie -- From the .... On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act proposing to relocate indigenous tribes west of the Mississippi River. ... Word spread across the country that American Indians would be able to present themselves .... The map shows the Wapihanne--or White River--flowing westward past the ... The Native American name for this group is the Lenni Lenape, meaning the "real​ .... A more probable origin is that it was based upon the Spanish name for the river, Rio San Juan de Guacara, which translates into the “River of Saint John of .... Jun 17, 2021 — The pictures described in this list portray Native Americans, their ... Tribal names as specific as possible have been incorporated into the ... Big Foot's band of Miniconjou Sioux in costume at a dance, Cheyenne River, S. Dak.. National Native American Veterans Memorial Alan Karchmer For Nmai Resized ... Many names like Anacostia and Potomac were derived from local tribes, and ... the Potomac River and might have actually lived in Arlington, says Jim Adams, .... 11. NEW ORLEANS. After the arrival of white settlers, natives took to calling the Crescent City (along with several other towns bordering the Mississippi river) " .... by RHG Lowes · 1954 · Cited by 9 — Alphabetical list of lengua indian words with english equivalents (Paraguyan Chaco). [article] ... tributary of river ekyaha, species of Prosopis with edible. bean.. The twelve American Indian tribes in Montana are recognized as nations ... line which starts near the junction of Cut Bank Creek and the Marias River and ... is some controversy over the origin of their name, “Blackfeet” is thought to refer to the .... Jul 25, 2019 — In the words of Paul A. W. Wallace, Pennsylvania historian, “Early ... in the northeast has been found along the Susquehanna River. ... Dr. Marianne Mithun, a contemporary American linguist specializing in American Indian .... “Wilma wanted the film because public perception drives public policy,” Kiehl says. “America's leaders had no experience with contemporary Native peoples. She .... Feb 1, 2021 — The name of the river soon became extended in American usage for ... might have heard the word from French traders or from Native people .... ... called the Rappahannock Native American Dancers and a Drum group called ... their capital town "Topahanocke" on the banks of the river bearing their name.. The removal of American Indian tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is now the state of Oklahoma is one of the tragic episodes in American .... It is one of the names from which the name “Niagara River” originated. Among the early settlers were an Iroquois group of Native Americans called .... The name Yosemite itself is from the Indian word “uzumate,” which meant ... Tuolumne: The name of the river and famous subalpine meadow is the Miwok word .... Jan 6, 2021 — Wiyot: This means “river name.” Native American Gender-Neutral Names. Ameyalli: This Nahuatl name means “fountain.” Awena: This means “ .... Jul 25, 2013 — The Native Americans who populated the area before European ... named Chicagou who was reportedly drowned in the Chicago River.. The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), founded in 1989 by an act of ... The Lenape called the Hudson River Shatemuc, meaning “​the river ... The word. Lenape (len-AH-pay) means “the people” in their language.. Louisiana s Native American tribes and their cultural practices include basketry, ... The rivers and bayous abound in Indian names, even some of the French .... It's about that time of year to float the “equoni,” which is Cherokee for “river.” With beautiful scenery and several .... May 5, 2001 — "Pistakee" was a Native American word for buffalo. ... Fox River Grove and Fox Lake got their names from the Fox River, which was named for .... Unisex Native American Names. These names can be used for boys or girls and have natural meanings perfect for your little one. Name, Pronunciation .... Jun 25, 2015 — Deck says she's heard that “Tar” is a derivative of the Native American word “Tau,​” meaning “river of health.” Neither Butler nor Deck have been .... Jan 5, 2015 — The Mississippi River, the artery of Turtle Island, has more names than perhaps any other geographic feature on the continent. These are just .... by PO Swartz · Cited by 2 — The Susquehanna River Basin Commission was created as an independent ... meaning or significance of the Native American name. The meaning of the name,​ .... Native American Place Names. The Native Americans of this region loved the land and were close observers of nature. They gave names to the mountains, rivers, .... Connecticut -From Mohican and other Algonquin words meaning "long river place." Delaware -Named for Lord De La Warr, early governor of Virginia; first applied .... by W Bright · 2004 · Cited by 6 — In later days, Native American names were also applied to some places to ... River. Chinook Jargon refers to a trade language, used between Native. Americans .... Tennessee has a great variety of rivers, landforms, climate regions, and plant ... In fact, the name “Tennessee” comes from the Native American word “Tanasi.. Pawtuxunt - this tribe inhabited lands along the Patuxent River in Calvert and ... names of the American Indian tribes/chiefdoms encountered by John Smith .... The first separation took place at the mouth of the Ohio River. Those going ... The Indian name of the tribe was Wazhaze, which the French corrupted into Osage.. More than 2,000 years ago, Native Americans associated with the Hopewell culture occupied the Grand River Valley. The Hopewell were mound builders, .... Apr 13, 2018 — Black Creek was first called “Wiliastihachi” and then “Weelustie” by the Muskogean (or Creek) indians. These names meant “Water Black .... This will begin a series of historical sketches on Native Americans of the area we know as Connecticut (alternative spelling: Quinnehtukqut - "place of the long river​ .... While the terms “American Indian” or “Indigenous People” are preferred by many, it's best to refer to people by their specific tribal name whenever possible. ... Nation; Pocomoke Indian Nation; Youghiogheny River Band of Shawnee Indian.. Feb 9, 2021 — In total, there are at least 28 state names with Native linguistic origins, and there are countless other cities, rivers, and geographic landmarks that .... The article “The Nooksack River: A Treasure to Preserve: Part 1” in the March 2019 ... “Komo Kulshan” is not the name for Mt. Baker in any native language, and ... native culture and has served as consultant to the Nooksack Indian Tribe for a .... Jun 6, 2019 — Bayou Goula, Bayogoula (an Indian tribe) — the River People Bayou; the hunting territory and village site of the Bayogoula Indians situated near .... Nov 12, 2017 — Lots of places in the region take their names from Native American ... Native Americans could in theory paddle to the St. Lawrence River or .... Feb 20, 2020 — Michigan Indian Place Names for rivers and geographic area desciptions covering the Saginaw Valley and Michigan's Thumb region.. CHEROKEE WORD OF THE WEEK: RIVER · Floating the “equoni,” which is Cherokee for “river” is a favorite summer pastime in Cherokee Nation. With beautiful .... May 6, 2020 — American Indians in Ohio. Did you know the name 'Ohio' is an Iroquoian Indian word? It came from the Seneca name for the Ohio River, Ohiyo, .... Oct 21, 2020 — The Spanish explorers and missionaries, who were the first Europeans to enter Texas, often adopted Texas Indian names for rivers and other .... Chart of Native American tribal names in their original language and their current ... Babine, Bannock, Barbareño, Bari, Bear River, Beaver, Bella Bella, Bella .... We have included twenty basic Cherokee words here, to compare with related American Indian languages. Utah probably owes its name to the Ute Indian tribe,​ .... Jul 2, 2020 — About half of America's states owe their names to Native American origin: Here's how each ... The state takes its name from the river and bay.. Nov 15, 2017 — A different tribe, the Washita, influenced the naming of the Ouachita River, whose name means "river of good hunting grounds" for its well-known .... Oct 28, 2020 — The Plains culture area comprises the vast prairie region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, from present-day Canada to .... Dec 15, 2020 — Cleveland MLB team to change name after 2021 season ... consider a non-​Native American name after engaging with tribal communities and civic ... down through generations of how he could "throw a strike across the river.".. The Indian name for Zion Canyon was I-u-goone, or I-oo-gune, and the river Mukuntuweap flows through it. Various meanings have been ascribed to the word .... Throughout the years, many explorers gave different names to the Snake. In 1800, David Thompson first recorded the Native American name of the Snake as​ .... Seminole Indians named the waterway Weeki Wachee, which means “Little Spring” or “Winding River” in their language; the Muskogee words “wekiwa” (​spring) .... Nov 20, 2018 — Many places, however, derive their names from the first peoples of this land. From roads to towns, and from mountains to rivers, Native American .... The Native Americans, Spanish, French and Americans all helped name places in ... the Quapaws, lived West of the Mississippi and north of the Arkansas River.. Native American Moon Names ... River Moon, Iswa Nuti (ees-wong noong-tee), Catawba Language, Catawba Indian Nation, South Carolina. They Are .... A History of the Neponset River, neponsetgreenway.com/nephist.htm. Natick Praying Indians, natickprayingindians.org/wigwam.html. The Pluralism Project, .... Cuyahoga—originally Mohawk Cayagaga 'crooked river', possibly related to kayuha 'creek' or kahyonhowanen 'river'. The Mohawk form of the name "​Cayagaga" .... Mar 27, 2012 — Indeed, frontier settlers in central Ohio called the watercourse the Whetstone River because that is what local Native American residents called .... IF the word has a meaning is the Delaware language, a modern connotation as “​Bacon Town” seems to fit best. Americans pronounced the name similar to “Co- .... The Mississippi –named from an Ojibwe or related Algonquin-language word meaning “Great River” –had long been an important factor in inter-tribal commerce, .... Eleven of the twelve American Indian tribes in Montana are recognized ... line which starts near the junction of Cut Bank Creek and the Marias River and ... is some controversy over the origin of their name, “Blackfeet” is thought to refer to the .... There are numerous Indian origin place names throughout the state, many ... Falls on the Pigeon River which forms the border between Minnesota and Ontario, .... Nov 16, 1986 — It might refer to this area as the headwaters of the Kissimmee River. ... written attempting to trace the origins of Florida's Indian place names.. ALABAMA: From an Indian tribe of the Creek Confederacy originally called the Alabamas or Alibamons, who in turn gave the name to a river from which the State .... Feb 7, 2019 — Along the banks of the Ohio River and other Appalachian waterways, there ... Native American names can be found throughout Appalachia, like .... Many place-names also owe their origins to Native American languages. A few examples are: Mississippi (Ojibwa 'big' + 'river'); Alaska (Aleut 'place the sea .... Feb 2, 2018 — ... name of Wisconsin's biggest city and its Native American meaning. ... “​Wisconsin” is the mistranscription of a local tribe's name for the river .... The Kansas City area has been home to the American Indian community ... up their land along the Missouri River and move to reservations in Central Kansas. ... from the namesake of Wyandotte County to such street names as Sandusky and .... Indian Tribe Meanings. ... Hupa - Trinity River; Huron - Hair Style; Huron - Ruffian, Head Of A Boar (French Words); Hwal'bay (Hualapai) - People Of The Tall .... Oct 8, 2017 — On Indigenous Peoples' Day, a Native American scholar explains why water means more than just sustenance for life and how it's the place of .... The Potomac River borders and connects the lands and people of Alexandria and ... The river derives its name from an Indian village on its southern bank, the​ .... Aug 26, 2016 — Mni is a Lakota word for Water and goes beyond any translatable ... rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks, streams, rains, floods, waves, humidity, ... When you reintroduce a native species to an ecological system there ... They stampeded the wild prairies of the Great Plains in Central North America and encouraged .... Feb 4, 2017 — Denali wasn't the only mountain with a tribal name. Here are some of the native names of the Pacific Northwest's biggest peaks.. Oct 11, 2018 — Indian River, population 2,000. Topinabee, village of 400. A Potawatomi chief. Tuscarora Township, 3,000. Tribal name. Mackinac City, 800, and .... The collection of Native American Creek Names includes baby names for boys ... traders because so many of their villages were located by rivers and creeks.. This Native American word was first applied to the river. The word may have originally been "Chabwegan," meaning "a place of ore." Chesaning: Named for the .... SCIWAY's Directory of Place names of Indian origin. ... Catawba River, Catawba, York County, Chesterfield County, Lancaster County. Chattooga River .... Joseph and Kalamazoo rivers. 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