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

North America Politics Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:27:52 GMT Moderate confidence — 74/100

In the 2020 United States census, some 3.7 million people - about 1 percent of the population- identified as American Indian or Alaska Native alone.
Including those who also reported another race, the figure reaches 9.7 million, or nearly 3 percent.
Dr Crystal Cavalier-Keck, a member of the Occaneechi Band tribe of the Saponi Nation in North Carolina, traces her ancestry to one of the first Indigenous communities to encounter English colonisers arriving to settle the land as their own.

In the 2020 United States census, some 3.7 million people - about 1 percent of the population- identified as American Indian or Alaska Native alone.
Including those who also reported another race, the figure reaches 9.7 million, or nearly 3 percent.
Dr Crystal Cavalier-Keck, a member of the Occaneechi Band tribe of the Saponi Nation in North Carolina, traces her ancestry to one of the first Indigenous communities to encounter English colonisers arriving to settle the land as their own.

Sources: Al Jazeera