List of company and product names derived from indigenous peoples

List of company and product names derived from indigenous peoples

The following is a list of company or product names derived from Indigenous peoples, excluding geographic names.

Companies

* Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company
* Geronimo
* Mohawk Airlines
* Mohawk Gasoline
* Niagara-Mohawk Power Company, now part of National Grid USA
* Crazy Horse (Liz Claiborne clothing line)mohawk carpet and tile

Products

* MBDA Apache missile
* Mohawk steam locomotive
* Ticonderoga pencils
* Wamsutta sheets
* Mohawk tile and carpet

Automobiles

* Jeep Cherokee
* Jeep Grand Cherokee
* Jeep Comanche
* Pontiac (brand)
* Winnebago
* Volkswagen Touareg (North African desert tribe)

Aviation

* AH-56 Cheyenne
* AH-64 Apache
* C-12 Huron
* CH-21 Shawnee
* H-13 Sioux
* H-34 Choctaw
* OH-58 Kiowa
* OV-1 Mohawk
* Piper PA-44 Seminole
* Piper Cherokee
* U-8 Seminole
* UH-1 Iroquois

Computing

* Apache HTTP Server
* Cherokee HTTP Server
* Apache Geronimo

ervices

Railroad

* "Super Chief", a former (and famous) passenger run on the Santa Fe Railroad
* "Southwest Chief", an indirect descendant of the "Super Chief", a run operated by Amtrak

Baking Supplies

* "Calumet", a brand of baking powder taken from the word for "peace pipe"

ee also

* Indigenous peoples
* List of sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples


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