Like its neighboring states, the land we now know as Ohio was never defined by a single name or border by its original inhabitants. Instead, the “Ohio Country” was a vast, fertile territory shared and contested by multiple nations—including the Shawnee, Miami, Wyandot, Lenape, and Seneca. To these people, the land was a collection of sacred hunting grounds, river valleys, and ancestral earthworks that had been built by their predecessors over thousands of years.
Ohi:yo’: The Good River
The Shawnee: People of the South
The Shawnee were among the most prominent inhabitants of southern and central Ohio. They did not have a single word for the state, but their presence is…..