Kiona — Meaning "brown hills," this name is made famous by Mary Kiona of the Tai’t na-pam tribe (also known as the Upper ...

The tribe's council will consider a resolution that seeks to change the tribe’s name.

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has chosen “Tumwata Village” as the name for its 23-acre site near Willamette Falls in Oregon City, and has launched tumwatavillage.org to explain plans for ...

MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — For decades the Montville High School athletic teams have competed as the “Indians” with the blessing of the Mohegans, the Native American tribe that traces its local history ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The Puyallup Tribe is working to learn more about the many native names of the mountain now known as Mount Rainier. It is doing this with the hope of eventually restoring the original ...

The state of Alabama is named after the river which European explorers named after a local Native American tribe, according ...