From Alabama to Yosemite: 50 US places with Native American origins

As the United States marks two hundred fifty years since the Declaration of Independence, Al Jazeera has traced fifty place names across the country to their Native American origins—from Alabama to Yosemite. The feature explores what these names mean and how they shaped the geography of a nation whose borders were drawn across indigenous lands.

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