Statistics for US State Names with Native American Origins

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Language	Meaning	Answer	% Correct
Miami-Illinois	autonym to describe the Quapaw people	Kansas	98%
Sioux	"friend" or "ally"	North Dakota	98%
Sioux	"friend" or "ally"	South Dakota	98%
Miami (+French)*	"s/he speaks normally"	Illinois	96%
Choctaw	"Indian Territory"	Oklahoma	96%
Miami-Illinois	autonym to describe the Quapaw people	Arkansas	94%
Ottowa	"big water"	Michigan	94%
Seneca	"beautiful river"	Ohio	94%
Aleut (+Russian)	"the mainland"	Alaska	92%
Dakota (+French)	"land of the Ioway"	Iowa	92%
Iroquois	"at the meadow"	Kentucky	92%
Miami-Illinois	"dugout canoe"	Missouri	92%
Cherokee	named for the "Tanasi" village	Tennessee	92%
Caddo	"friend"	Texas	92%
Choctaw	"to clear"	Alabama	91%
O'odham*	"having a little spring"	Arizona	91%
Dakota	"turbid water"	Minnesota	91%
Chiwere	"flattened water"	Nebraska	91%
Lenape	"at the big river flat"	Wyoming	91%
Plains Apache*	"enemy"	Idaho	89%
Anishinaabe*	"big river"	Mississippi	87%
Western Apache	"high up"	Utah	87%
Miami-Illinois*	"it lies red"	Wisconsin	87%
Algonquian*	"near the small big mountain"	Massachusetts	70%
Mahican*	"at the long tidal river"	Connecticut	68%