Oklahoma

==Etymology==
The name ''Oklahoma'' comes from the [[Choctaw language]] phrase {{lang|cho|okla}}, 'people', and {{lang|cho|humma}}, translated as 'red'.<ref name=cno/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Choctaw Dictionary » Search Results » humma|url=https://www.webonary.org/byington-choctaw?s=humma&search=Search&key=&tax=-1&search_options_set=1&match_whole_words=1&displayAdvancedSearchName=0|access-date=2021-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref> Choctaw Nation Chief [[Allen Wright]] suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the [[Federal government of the United States|federal US government]] on the use of [[Indian Territory]]. He envisioned an [[Indian barrier state|all exclusive American Indian state]] controlled by the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|United States bureau of Indian Affairs]]. ''Oklahoma'' later became the de facto name for [[Oklahoma Territory]], and it was officially approved in 1890, two years after that area was opened to [[American pioneer|American settlers]].<ref name="Oklahoma's Name">{{cite web|title=Chronicles of Oklahoma |first=Muriel |last=Wright |publisher=Oklahoma State University |date=June 1936 |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v014/v014p156.html |access-date=July 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013231154/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v014/v014p156.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | year=2007| url=http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/stinfo2.html | title=Oklahoma State History and Information | website=A Look at Oklahoma | publisher=Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation | access-date=June 7, 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060729003635/http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/stinfo2.html|archive-date=July 29, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Merserve |first=John |year=1941 |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v019/v019p314.html |title=Chief Allen Wright |website=Chronicles of Oklahoma |access-date=June 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507052851/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v019/v019p314.html |archive-date=May 7, 2006 }}</ref>

In the [[Chickasaw language]], the state is known as {{wikt-lang|cic|Oklahomma'}}, in [[Arapaho language|Arapaho]] as {{lang|arp|bo'oobe'}} ({{literally|red earth}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://studylib.net/doc/18549534/dictionary-of-the-arapaho-language|title=Dictionary of the Arapaho Language|website=studylib.net|access-date=February 19, 2019}}</ref> {{lang-paw|Uukuhuúwa}},<ref>{{cite web |title="River", Southband Pawnee |website=American Indian Studies Research Institute |access-date=May 26, 2012 |url=http://zia.aisri.indiana.edu/~dictsearch/cgi-bin/testengltoxsrchNP.pl?host=ziasrchlang=English&srchstring=okla&database=south }}</ref> and {{lang-cay|Gahnawiyoˀgeh}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cayuga: Our Oral Legacy |website=Cayuga Digital Dictionary |access-date=May 27, 2012 |url=http://www.cayugalanguage.ca/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326050632/http://www.cayugalanguage.ca/ |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }}</ref>