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| American Indian Place Names | |||
| Mississippi (state and river): from an Indian word meaning "Father of to mean "a good spot or place." Missouri: named after the Missouri Indian tribe. | |||
| http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmnames1.html |
| Knife River Indian Villages NHS Northern Plains Tribes page | |||
| Most likely the first "modern" Indian tribe to inhabit villages and towns along the Missouri River and primarily Company would build Fort Clark, named in honor | |||
| http://www.nps.gov/knri/plains_tribes.htm |
| American Indian Place Names | |||
| Mississippi (state and river): from an Indian word meaning “Father of to mean "a good spot or place." Missouri: named after the Missouri Indian tribe. | |||
| http://www.runningdeerslonghouse.com/webdoc230.htm |
| Missouri State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song | |||
| ... Origin of state's name: Named after Missouri Indian tribe whose name means "town of the large canoes" ... prairie north of the Missouri river; south of the river land is ... | |||
| http://www.50states.com/missouri.htm |
| Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish | |||
| ... Lewis and Clark. on Montana's Missouri River. An incredible journey ... wife, a Shoshone Indian who had been captured by the Hidatsa Tribe, named Sacagawea or, sometimes, Sacajawea. ... | |||
| http://www.walleyesunlimited.com/adopt-fish/lewis-clark.html |
| Bajeca's American Indian Studies | |||
| ... the Iowa, Kansa, Missouri, Omaha, Osage, Oto, ... Missouri River near the mouth of the Grand River. Warfare and disease almost wiped out this tribe. ... Iowa and Missouri named for them; ... | |||
| http://www.bajeca.com/vault/southernsioux.htm |
