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Tom Cole, Chickasaw Nation, Congressman from Oklahoma. Charles Curtis, ( Kaw / Osage / Potawatomi) U.S. Senator and 31st Vice President of the United States. Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Affie Burnside Ellis, Navajo, first Native American to serve in the Wyoming Senate.
Moshnanon The community takes its name from Moshannon Creek, a Native American name purported to mean "moose stream" Muckinipattis – Lenape for 'deep running water', from mexitkwek 'a deep place full of water' [93] or mexakwixen 'high water, freshet'.
Many Native Americans and advocates of Native American rights point out that the U.S. federal government's claim to recognize the "sovereignty" of Native American peoples falls short, given that the United States wishes to govern Native American peoples and treat them as subject to U.S. law. Such advocates contend that full respect for Native ...
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.
Odawa chief who resisted British settlement of the Great Lakes region during the Pontiac's Rebellion . Rain-in-the-Face. c. 1835–1905. 1860s–1870s. Hunkpapa Lakota. A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War . Red Cloud. 1822–1909. 1860s–1890s.
In July 2018 the United States' Federal Register issued an official list of 573 tribes that are Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. [1] The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana became the 574th tribe to gain federal recognition on December 20, 2019.
This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a recognized, documented source and specifically name tribal affiliation according to federal and state lists. Indigenous American artists outside the United States can be found at List of indigenous artists of the Americas.
Native American migration to urban areas continued to grow: 70% of Native Americans lived in urban areas in 2012, up from 45% in 1970, and 8% in 1940. Urban areas with significant Native American populations include Rapid City, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Tucson, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, and New York City. Many have lived in ...