I have read some Choctaw histories and the word okla is used in conjunction with the home places of the people before they were moved to Indian Territory in the 1800's. Does that figure into the current state name?
2006-10-28 12:50:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The name OKLAHOMA actually means "red people," 'okla" meaning "people" and "homma" meaning "red." The name did come from the Choctaw Tribe. It was given this name after the Trail of Tears.
2006-10-28 12:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by peasnapod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Massachusetts Connecticut Delaware Ohio Mississippi Tennessee Ilinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Oklahoma nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Utah Oregon Alaska this record does now not incorporate the SPANISH names (California, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Florida) or the Polynesian local title Hawaii or the Anglicised title for south Asia used for local Americans as in "Indiana" when you consider that neither Spanish, English nor Polynesia is of local American foundation.
2016-09-01 04:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm fairly sure the state was named for the Okmolguee Indians who lived there before the settlers arrived.
2006-10-28 13:11:49 · answer #3 · answered by Velvet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
peasnapod2005 is right.
2006-10-28 14:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by lilpinay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋