American Indian History

Siouan Cosmology Sioux Indians Creation Myth The Mandan tribes of the Sioux possess a type of creation-myth which is common to several American peoples. They suppose that their nation lived in a subterranean village near a vast lake. Hard by the roots of a great grape-vine penetrated from the earth above, and, clambering up these, several of them got a sight of the upper world, which they found to be rich and well stocked with both animal and vegetable food. Those of them who had seen the new-found world above returned to their home bringing such glowing accounts of its wealth and pleasantness that the others resolved to forsake their dreary underground dwelling for the delights of the sunny sphere above. The entire population set out, and started to climb up the roots of the vine, but no more than half the tribe had ascended when the plant broke owing to the weight of a corpulent woman. The Mandans imagine that after death they will return to the underground world in which they origin...

The Cherokees Symbols Native American Cherokee Indian Symbols Everyone should know of Sequoyah or George Guess or Guest, as he was called in English. He was a Cherokee who loved to work at machinery and invent handy devices. He determined to invent a system of writing his language. He saw that the writing of the white men consisted in the use of characters to represent sounds. At first he thought of using one character for each word; this was not convenient because there are so many words. He finally concluded that there were eighty-six syllables in Cherokee, and he formed a series of eighty-six characters to represent them. Some of these characters were borrowed from the white man's alphabet; the rest were specially invented. It took some little time ]for the Cherokees to accept Sequoyah's great invention, but by 1827 it was in use throughout the nation. Types were made, and soon books and papers were printed in the Cherokee language in Sequoyah's characters. These are sti...

List of Native American Indian Tribes Most Popular Names For Boys Native American Indian Names for Children ABUKCHEECH: Algonquin name meaning "mouse." ACHAK: Algonquin name meaning "spirit." ADAHY: Cherokee name meaning "lives in the woods." AHANU: Algonquin name meaning "he laughs." AHIGA: Navajo name meaning "he fights." AHILIYA: Hopi name. Meaning unknown AHMIK: beaver AHOTE: Hopi name meaning "restless one." AHTUNOWHIHO: Cheyenne name meaning "one who lives below." AKANDO: ambush AKECHETA: Sioux name meaning "fighter." AKULE: looks up ALO: Hopi name meaning "spiritual guide." ALOSAKA: Hopi myth name ANAKAUSUEN: Algonquin name meaning "worker." ANOKI: actor APENIMON: worthy of trust APONIVI: Hopi name meaning "where the wind blows down the gap." ARANCK: Algonquin name meaning "stars." ASHKII: Navajo name meaning "boy." ASKOOK: Algonquin name meaning ...

Native American Indian List of names for children Native American Names for Female ABEDABUN: Cheyenne name meaning sight of day." ABEQUA, ABEQUE: Cheyenne name meaning stays at home." ABETZI: Omaha name meaning "yellow leaf." ABEY: Omaha name meaning "leaf." ABEYTU: Omaha name meaning "green leaf." ADOETTE: large tree ADSILA: Cherokee name meaning blossom." AIYANA: eternal blossom ALAMEDA: grove of cottonwood ALAQUA: sweet gum tree ALAWA: Algonquin name meaning pea." ALGOMA: valley of flowers ALSOOMSE: Algonquin name meaning independent." ALTSOBA: Navajo name meaning all war." AMADAHY: Cherokee name meaning forest water." AMAYETA: Miwok name. Meaning is unknown AMITOLA: rainbow ANABA: Navajo name meaning returns from war." ANEVAY: superior ANGENI: spirit ANGWUSNASOMTAQA: Hopi name meaning crow mother spirit." ANKTI: Hopi name meaning repeat dance." ANNA: Algonquin name meaning mother." ANPAYTOO: Sioux ...