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Arkansas and Kansas the name "Kansas" is a Siouan Indian word. It's from the tribal name Kansa, which means "south wind people." shares the same french and native American origin as Arkansas. Look up both origin of their names.
Mahas is one of the many versions of the tribal name "Omahas", since early explorers recorded native words as they thought they sounded. The Big Sioux River in Iowa was once called The River of the Mahas.The tribe's real name was U.mon.hon, meaning "upsteam" and they speak a Siouan language related to Ponca and Quapaw.
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the Sioux Indian tribes actually refer to three distinct groups of Plains Natives...all share similar dilects of the siouan language..."Referred to collectively by outsiders as Sioux, a French rendition of the Ottawa name na•towe•ssiwak, meaning 'enemy,' the Sioux call themselves Lakota or Dakota, depending on dialect, signifying 'allies.'"edited out > well they were called the Indians but then later changed the name to SIOUX cause there was one reason why this name has been changed tho SIOUX!
It depends on the tribe. Do you have a specific tribe in mind?