List of company and product names derived from Indigenous peoples explained

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

Companies

• Crazy Horse^[1] (Liz Claiborne clothing line)
• Indian Manufacturing Company
• Mohawk Airlines
• Mohawk Gasoline
• Niagara-Mohawk Power Company, now part of National Grid USA
• Sioux Chief Manufacturing
• Fishawack Health

Products

• American Indian herbal cigarettes
• Inca Cola, soft drink
• Indian Head corn meal
• MBDA Apache missile
• Mohawk steam locomotive
• Mohawk tile and carpet
• Mohawk Vodka
• Quechua, maker of outdoor gear
• Red Man, chewing tobacco
• Ticonderoga pencils
• Wamsutta sheets

Automobiles

• Chevrolet Apache
• Chevrolet Cheyenne
• Dodge Dakota
• Ford Thunderbird
• Jeep Cherokee
• Jeep Comanche
• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• Mazda Navajo
• Nissan Qashqai (ethnic group from around Iran)
• Pontiac (brand)
• Pontiac Aztek
• Pontiac Chieftain
• Pontiac Star Chief
• Pontiac Super Chief
• Toyota Tacoma
• Volkswagen Touareg (North African desert tribe)
• Volkswagen Taos
• Winnebago

Aviation

Civilian

• Piper PA-23 Apache
• Piper PA-23 Aztek
• Piper PA-24 Comanche
• Piper PA-25 Pawnee
• Piper PA-28 Cherokee
• Piper PA-28-236 Dakota
• Piper PA-31 Navajo
• Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave
• Piper PA-31T Cheyenne
• Piper PA-34 Seneca
• Piper PA-44 Seminole

Military

• AH-56 Cheyenne
• AH-64 Apache
• Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche
• C-12 Huron
• CH-21 Shawnee
• CH-47 Chinook
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain, called Dakota by the British and Commonwealth air forces
• H-13 Sioux
• H-34 Choctaw
• OH-58 Kiowa
• OV-1 Mohawk
• TH-67 Creek
• U-8 Seminole
• UH-1 Iroquois
• UH-72 Lakota

Computing

• Apache Geronimo
• Apache HTTP Server
• Aztec C
• Cherokee HTTP Server
• Hiawatha HTTP Server

Services

Railroad

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

Baking supplies

• Calumet, brand of baking powder taken from a French colonial-era name used for some ceremonial pipes

See also

• Indigenous peoples
• List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples

References

1. Web site: Liz Claiborne and J.C. Penney Criticized for Use of Crazy Horse Name. www.socialfunds.com. 2017-10-17.