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My own grandma is named Wynona, and she was named after her grandmother. The story is that they have Cherokee blood, but I don't actually know how true that is. The Cherokee aren't exactly native to our area, either (Chicago & northwest Indiana) - unless they had confused the Cherokee with the Shawnee. This was originally the land of the Mitchigamea, and then I think the Ojibwe (don't quote me on this, though). I'm also pretty sure I attended a pow-wow hosted by the Ho-Chunk / Winnebago people as a child (Winnebago County, IL is named after them), though I think they're based in Wisconsin.

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As for Native American / First Nation names I like, and as long as we're expanding to all indigenous "New World" names... besides Winona (I prefer this spelling), I like:

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Adsila
Ayelen
Citlali
Iara / Yara
Ixchel
Jacira
Maiara
Naira
Nayeli
Nizhoni
Sayen (sah-YEN)
Xiadani
Xochitl
Zyanya
&
Malik (though I usually think of this as Arabic)
Moacir
Nahuel
Tiriaq
Ujarak

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I have actually met women (of Mexican descent) named Ixchel / Itzel, Nayeli, and Xochitl.

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This message was edited 3/8/2019, 7:17 AM