Names on the map honoring Native leaders across states
A feature tracing how many towns counties and counties nationwide bear Native names such as Osceola Pocahontas Black Hawk Tecumseh Red Jacket Hiawatha and others. It recounts origin stories of leaders like Osceola Pocahontas Black Hawk Tecumseh Red Jacket and Chief Joseph, noting places in Florida Iowa Michigan West Virginia Alabama Illinois and more named for them.
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Osceola
Florida
Everglades
Commonwealths
Arkansas
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Nebraska
Tallapoosa
Creek Country
Payne’s Landing
Mississippi
Pocahontas
Matoka
Powhatan
Virginia
Jamestown
John Smith
Argall
Potomac
Ma’katawimesheka
Black Hawk
Rock River
Illinois
Monroe
Colorado
Pontiac
Tecum
Detroit
Tecumseh
Tikamthi
Tecumtha
Crouching Panther
Shooting Star
Middle West
Tippecanoe
Canada
Alabama
Kansas
Oklahoma
Red Jacket
Hiawatha
Sa-goye-wat-ha
Haion’hwa'tha
League of the Iroquois
Confederation of the Five Nations
West Virginia
Utah
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nokomis
Minnesota
Minnehaha Falls
Aliquippa
Allaquippa
Allegheny County
Annawan
King Philip
Massachusetts Bay
Bluejacket
Okla
Wegapiersenoah
Duquoin
Jean Baptiste Ducoigne
Kaskaskia
Geronimo
Ariz
Yath-Lay
Fort Sill
Joseph
Idaho
Ore
Napoleon
Nez Perces
Keokuk
Keokuk Falls
Major Dade
Oshkosh
Wis
Menominees
Fort Mackinac
Fort Stephenson
Poweshiek
Prophetstown
Wabokleshick
Light
White Cloud
Prophet
Quanah
Texas
Quanah Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker
Peta Nocona
Red Cloud
Makplya Luta
Roundhead
Stiahta
Seattle
Wash
Seaths
Puget Sound
Tamaqua
Tamaque
King Beaver
Uncas
Massachusetts
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Postum Company
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Bluffs
Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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New York Daily Mirror
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Blotz
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Senator Sorghum
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Skinner
Stray Stories Magazine
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George
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