****lots of Indian games and information **
http://bgps.sharpschool.net/curriculum/computers/kid_links/second_grade_kid_links/second_grade_social_studies/second_grade_s_s_native_ameriCcan_activities/
http://bgps.sharpschool.net/curriculum/computers/kid_links/second_grade_kid_links/second_grade_social_studies/second_grade_s_s_native_ameriCcan_activities/
Clovis (Paleo-Indian) Indian life. Move your cursor over picture, click on yellow parts. http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kincaid/kids/kincaidscene.html#main
Make paper moccasins http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/moccasin/mocinstr.html
Find out more about the historic Indians of Ohio
Ottawa
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/onestate/ottawa.htm
http://www.bigorrin.org/ottawa_kids.htm
Miami
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/onestate/miami.htm
http://www.bigorrin.org/miami_kids.htm
Delaware
http://www.bigorrin.org/lenape_kids.htm
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/onestate/delaware.htm
Wyandott
http://www.bigorrin.org/wyandot_kids.htm
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/onestate/wyandott.htm
Mingo
http://www.bigorrin.org/seneca_kids.htm
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/onestate/mingo.htm
Shawnee
http://www.bigorrin.org/shawnee_kids.htm
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/onestate/shawnee.htm
Famous Native Americans http://mrnussbaum.com/famous/
Native American State Names
The Native American origins and meanings of the names of US states.
American Indians Kids FAQ
Questions and answers about Native Americans in the past and present.
Native American Homes
Pictures and descriptions of ten different types of American Indian houses.
Native American Cradleboards
Pictures and facts about Native American child carriers in different tribes.
Native American Weapons
Pictures and descriptions of many different types of American Indian weapons.
Native American Hairstyles
Pictures and descriptions of traditional hairstyles in many different Native American tribes.
American Indian Food
A brief introduction to Native Indian hunting, gathering, farming, and fishing techniques, with links to recipes.
Native American State Names
The Native American origins and meanings of the names of US states.
Algonquian Indian Tribes
Questions and answers about the Algonquian tribes.
State names that have Indian origin
Alabama May come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers”
Alaska Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”
Arizona from the O'odham Indian word for “little spring”
Connecticut From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Illinois Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa Probably from an Indian word meaning “this is the place” or “the Beautiful Land”
Kansas From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Massachusetts From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Minnesota From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
Nebraska From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”
North Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
South Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Texas From an Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Wyoming From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania
Alabama May come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers”
Alaska Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”
Arizona from the O'odham Indian word for “little spring”
Connecticut From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Illinois Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa Probably from an Indian word meaning “this is the place” or “the Beautiful Land”
Kansas From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Massachusetts From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Minnesota From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
Nebraska From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”
North Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
South Dakota From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Texas From an Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Wyoming From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania
Ohio
Counties which come from Indian names
- Ashtabula—from Lenape ashtepihəle, 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away'
- Conneaut—probably derived from Seneca ga-nen-yot, 'standing stone'.
- Coshocton—derived from Unami Lenape Koshaxkink 'where there is a river crossing',
- Cuyahoga—said to mean 'crooked river' in an Iroquoian language;
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- Geauga--Onondaga jyo’ä·gak, 'raccoon
- Muskingum--Shawnee Mshkikwam 'swampy ground' (mshkikwi- 'swamp' + -am 'earth');
- Ohio River—from Seneca Ohiyo 'the best river' or 'the big river'
- Olentangy—'red face paint river'.
- Sandusky—from Wyandot saandusti meaning 'water (within water-pools)'
- Scioto—derived from Wyandot skɛnǫ·tǫ’, 'deer'
- Wapakoneta—from Shawnee Wa·po’kanite 'Place of White Bones'