MISSISSIPPI - The name "Mississippi" is a French corruption of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) word Misi-ziibi, meaning "Great River." However, the people
LOUISIANA - The name "Louisiana" was claimed for King Louis XIV of France, but the land's true identity is written in the winding
MISSOURI - The name "Missouri" is derived from the Illinois word Mihsoori, which referred to the Missouria people. It
ARKANSAS - The name "Arkansas" is a French rendering of a Siouan word used by the Illinois people to refer to the
IOWA - The name "Iowa" comes from the Ioway people, one of the many Siouan-speaking nations that inhabited the tallgrass prairies
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