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Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X. Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195094271. Gannett, Henry (1902). The origin of certain place names in the United States, Volume 8, Issue 197.
The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United States and Canada. The popularity of stereotypical representations of American Indians in global culture has led to a number of teams in Europe also adopting team names derived from Native Americans.
The school board voted 8-1 to retire the name and Native American imagery as offensive, a replacement to be selected later. Ramay Junior High School Fayetteville: Arkansas: Indians Red Wolves: 2019 In April, 2019 a decision has been made by referendum to replace the Ramay "Indians" with a new mascot in 2020. Reading Memorial High School
C. List of California placenames of Native American origin. List of Chinook Jargon place names. List of Colorado placenames of Native American origin. List of Connecticut placenames of Native American origin.
Palaungic peoples. Wa (Vāx): One of the hill tribes of Myanmar (They are also distributed in Yunnan Province, China in East Asia ). Zomi (Zo Pau): One of the Indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia. The word Zomi is the collective name given to many tribes who traced their descent from a common ancestor.
Bogdan. Bogomil (name) Bogusław (given name) Bolesław (given name) Boris (given name) Borislav. Borzysław. Boyan (given name) Branimir.
Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word. For instance, sequoias are named in honor of the Cherokee leader Sequoyah , who lived 2,000 miles (3,200 km) east of that tree's range, while the kinkajou of South America was given a name from the ...