Rep. Logan Manhart, R-Aberdeen, speaks in the South Dakota House of Representatives on Feb. 21, 2025, at the state Capitol in Pierre. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) Usually South Dakota has its ...

One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. In more cases than one may think, geographic names were derived from a Native American word or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered how the state of Connecticut got its name? As one of the original 13 colonies formed among Indigenous ...

Stacker explores American locations with indigenous roots. The name Alaska comes from the Aleut tribe and their word “alyeska.” When translated, it means "great land," drawing inspiration from the ...

A traveling version of the thought-provoking Smithsonian exhibition “Americans” will begin a six-year national tour in August. Based on the major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the ...

50 states and 50 interesting names! Some sound even cooler with their unique pronunciation. But sometimes, these names do make us wonder why it is called what it is. Some names come from Native ...