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The name Tahoe (the lake in California/Nevada) is Washo for "big water." The state name Utah is from the Ute tribe, meaning "people of the mountains." Related Links Native American …Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls)
(Encyclopedia) Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls): see Rap music.Dipper, Big, and Little Dipper
(Encyclopedia) Dipper, Big, and Little Dipper: see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.Heeger, Alan Jay
(Encyclopedia) Heeger, Alan Jay, 1936–, American physicist and chemist, b. Sioux City, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Heeger has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania…Kundla, John Albert
(Encyclopedia) Kundla, John Albert, 1916–, American basketball coach, b. Star Junction, Pa. A star player at the Univ. of Minnesota, he served in the navy during World War II, then coached (1946–47)…Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
(Encyclopedia) Ursa MajorUrsa Majorûrˈsə [key] and Ursa Minor [Lat.,=the great bear; the little bear], two conspicuous northern constellations. Known to many peoples from ancient times, these…Lewis & Clark: Index
by NoahBrooks The End of a Long JourneyIndex A Alkali, natural deposits of, 60. Antelope, first seen, 29; how hunted, 69. Assiniboins, at war with Sioux, 49…Riding Mountain National Park
(Encyclopedia) Riding Mountain National Park, 1,148 sq mi (2,973 sq km), SW Man., Canada, W of Lake Manitoba; est. 1929. A wooded region with small glacial lakes, on the highest part of the Manitoba…Gall, Sioux war chief
(Encyclopedia) GallGallgôl [key], c.1840–1894, war chief of the Sioux, b. South Dakota. He refused to accept the treaty of 1868 (by which he would have been confined to a reservation), joined Sitting…tepee
(Encyclopedia) tepee or tipitepeeboth: tēˈpē [key], typical dwelling of Native North Americans living on the Great Plains. It was usually made by arranging tent poles into a conical frame and…Trending
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