[okie01]

Oklahoma: From a Choctaw word, meaning "red people," which breaks down as okla "nation, people" + homma "red."

Hmmmmmmmmm. My understanding was that it came the Ponca term: Land of bad water where red man get sick and die.

Of course, the Ponca reservation was just south of Ponca City -- located on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas.

[GreyFriar]

Note Ponca city ping for post 10