Navajo Names For Boys Aditsan (Native American –Navajo boy name)–“Listener”; pronounced as “ah-deet-san” Ahiga (Native American –Navajo boy name)–“He fights”; pronounced as “ah-hee-gah” Ashkii (Native American –Navajo boy name)–“Boy”; pronounced as “ash-kee” Ashkii...
Popular Native American Baby Names for Boys Here are some Native American baby names for boys along with their meanings, origins, and other interesting information. Some are well-known names and others are uncommon. Chayton Origin: Native American (Sioux) Meaning:Falcon Alternative Spellings & Var...
In Tewa, an American Indian language, yantse means “yellow willow.” When it comes to gender-neutral names, Yantse is a great option for both boys and girls. This, like many other Native American male names, is a fairly uncommon name for a boy in the United States and worldwide. In...
names -- in a big way -- and Indigo, a deep blue-purple dye from plants native to India, is particularly striking for both girls and boys. Indigo is the name of a character in the Ntozake Shange novelSassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, and was used for his daughter by Lou Diamond ...
Pemmican and hominy are Indian names, as well as Indian inventions, and maple sugar is also an aboriginal discovery. Salt was used by many tribes, especially on the plains and in the South West, but in the Gulf States lye was used instead. Cannibalism simply for the sake of food could ...
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) individuals are diverse culturally and geographically but share a high prevalence of chronic illness, largely because of obstacles to high-quality health care...
In the mid-1980s, boys attending a Catholic all-boys high school deal with their use of pidgin English when a substitute teacher from Kansas takes over their classroom. Meanwhile, the substitute struggles to learn local ways in both the classroom and the home of her Japanese-American fiancé...
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and drove him a few blocks to his new home. He had been repainted since the picture from 1985 and needed a bath after being stored for so many years. Damon and his boys were thrilled about owning their very own giant, especially one with so much local history. The boys named him Patch...
(Kingston, NY: self-published, 1923). Tons of knowledge about the Teutonic/Anglo-Saxon origins of this part of the present-day USA. Somehow, all those massacres take on new meaning when you are confronted with specific names and places and the very real people they represent. Lots of ...