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Shawnee (Spelt correctly)
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What Indian tribe whose name means runaway?
The Seminole tribe's name has this meaning.
What is a name of a hawaiian indian tribe?
There is no such thing as a Hawaiian Indian tribe.
Indian tribe whoses name means runaway?
The Seminole Indians. :)
What is the origin of the word Delaware?
Name of Indian tribe
Which states are named after native American tribes?
24 are, Alabama is the name of an Indian tribe native to the state. This tribal name may have come from the word albina, which means "campsite" in their own language, or from the words alba amo, which mean "clearing brush."AlaskaAlaxsxix, which is a name from the Aleut language. This name means "place the sea crashes against."ArizonaArizonac, which is a Spanish corruption of a local Indian name-- possibly the Tohono O'odham word alishonag, which means "little spring."ArkansasAcansa, which is the name of a Quapaw Indian town. Literally the name means "southern place."ConnecticutQuinnitukqut, which is the Mohegan Indian name for the Connecticut River. Literally the name means "long river."IllinoisIlliniwek, which is the tribal name of the Illini tribe. Literally the name means "best people."IowaAyuhwa, which is one of the tribal names of the Ioway Indian tribe. Literally the name means "sleepy ones."KansasKansa, which is the name of the Kansa Indian tribe. Literally the name means "south" and is a shortened form of their own tribal name for themselves, People of the South Wind.KentuckyKentake, which is an Iroquois placename meaning "meadow land."MassachusettsMassachuset, which is a Wampanoag Indian name meaning "by the range of hills."MichiganMshigemor Misigami, which are the native names for Lake Michigan in the Potawatomi and Ojibwe languages. Both names mean "great lake."MinnesotaMnisota, which is the native name of the Minnesota River in the Dakota Sioux language. Literally the name means "cloudy water."MississippiMisiziibi, which is the native name of the Mississippi River in the Ojibwe language. Ojibwe is not actually a native language of Mississippi state-- the language is spoken near the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota, which is where the river got its name, and the state was later named after the river. Literally the name means "great river."MissouriMissouria is the name of an Indian tribe native to the state. Their tribal name came from the word mihsoori, which means "big canoe people."NebraskaNibthaska or Nibrathka, which are the native names for the Platte River in the Omaha-Ponca and Otoe languages. Both names mean "flat river."New MexicoOf course, New Mexico was named after the country of Mexico, but since Mexico itself is named after an American Indian word, the state of New Mexico is also! Mexico is a placename from the Aztec Indian language (Nahuatl.) It literally means "city of the Aztecs."North DakotaDakota, which is the tribal name of the Dakota Sioux Indians. Literally the name means "the allies."OhioOhiyo, which is the name of the Ohio River in the Seneca Indian language. Literally the name means "it is beautiful."OklahomaOkla Homma, which means "Red People" in the Choctaw Indian language.OregonThis was a name given by early American settlers to the Columbia River. It was probably a Native American name which the settlers brought with them from another state, since it does not resemble names from the Native American languages of Oregon. It may have meant "beautiful river" in an eastern Algonquian language.South DakotaDakota, which is the tribal name of the Dakota Sioux Indians. Literally the name means "the allies."TennesseeTanasi, which was the name of a Cherokee Indian town in the region. Although "Tanasi" was recorded as the Cherokee name of this town, it does not specifically mean anything in the Cherokee language (just as many English place names are not specific words.) It may have been a shortened form of a longer Cherokee word or phrase, or it may have been named after a Cherokee person.TexasTaysha, which means "friend" in the Caddo Indian language.UtahUte is the name of an Indian tribe native to the state. This tribal name may have come from the word nuutsiu, which means "the people" in their own language.WisconsinWishkonsing, which is the Ojibwe name for the Wisconsin River. However, this word does not have a specific meaning in the Ojibwe language, and none of the Ojibwe Indians in our organization knows any oral traditions about where the name came from.WyomingChwewamink, which means "by the big river flat" in the Lenape Indian tribe. The Lenape Indians never actually lived in Wyoming-- it was originally the name of a town in Pennsylvania, and white settlers from that area brought the name with them when they moved west
What Indian tribe whose name means southerners?
The Shawnee Indians lived in the area of Kentucky, southern Illinois, and Indiana. Their name means "Southerners."
What Indian tribe whose name means runaway?
The Seminole tribe's name has this meaning.
What does the Indian tribe Makah's name mean?
Makah means "generous with food".
How did the Mohawk Indian tribe get their name?
mohawk in iriquois means "flesh eater"
How did massachussetts get its name?
It was named after local Indian tribe whose name means 'a large hill place'
What is a name of a hawaiian indian tribe?
There is no such thing as a Hawaiian Indian tribe.
What Indian tribe befriended Champlain?
The name of the indian tribe was the iroquios
Where did the miwok Indians get their tribe name from?
The Miwok Indian tribe got their name from the word people because in the native language miwok means people.
What is the Indian name for Karen?
You have to name a tribe. There is no "Indian " language.
Indian tribe whoses name means runaway?
The Seminole Indians. :)
What is the name of a Pacific northwest Indian tribe?
One Indian tribe that lives in the Pacific Northwest is the Lummi tribe.
What Indian tribe was Wyoming name after?
The Cheyenne indian's.
