U.S. State Names from Native Nations

This state was named after a tribe from the Creek confederacy.

• Alabama

• Indiana

• Kansas

• Nebraska

This state was names after the Aleutian word for "great lands" or "land that is not an island".

• Alaska

• Michigan

• Nebraska

• Delaware

This state was named from a Sioux word meaning "south wind people."

• Kansas

• Ohio

• Hawaii

• Arkansas

This state was named from a Chippewa word meaning "great water".

• Michigan

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• Ohio

This state was named after an Algonquin word meaning "men" or "warriors".

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Iowa

• Kansas

This state was named from a Navajo word meaning "upper" or "higher up".

• Utah

• Arizona

• Texas

• Wyoming

This state was named for a Chippewa word meaning "grassy place."

• Wisconsin

• Wyoming

• Tennesee

• Kansas

This state was named for a Sioux word meaning "friend" or "ally".

• North and South Dakota

• Kentucky

• Wyoming

• Massachusetts

This state was named from an Algonquin word that means "river of the big canoes."

• Missouri

• Mississippi

• Iowa

• Indiana

This state was named from a Sioux word that means "cloudy water" or "sky-tinted water".

• Minnesota

• Missouri

• Michigan

• Ohio