Just think about how many states are named with “native American” words or names...
Alaska
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Montana
Iowa
Idaho
Delaware
Kentucky...
Nebraska
Both Dakotas
Wyoming
Add Texas.
You can add Texas to that, it comes from the Indian word Tejas, which means friend.
‘Idaho...’
huh...? I always heard that the state name came from a lazy farmer who said to his wife ‘if I’d a hoe, I’d plant some potatoes...’
Utah
Dakota is an Indian name
Andrew Cuomo, on the other hand, changed the name of the Tappan Zee Bridge, which was named after the Tappan Indians that used to inhabit that area, to the Mario Cuomo Bridge, which is named after his father — a whte male. I also note that Andrew Cuomo hates black disabled people as evidenced by his behind the scene maneuvers to knock David Paterson — a blind, black man — off the democratic ballot for Governor so that Cuomo could run in his place.