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3 days ago · Mississippi, constituent state of the U.S. Its name derives from a Native American word meaning ‘great waters’ or ‘father of waters,’ which it shares with the Mississippi River, the longest river in the country. Mississippi became the 20th state of the union in 1817. Its capital city is Jackson.
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3 days ago · Mississippi. Mississippi ( / ˌmɪsəˈsɪpi / ⓘ MISS-ə-SIH-pee) [6] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest.
2 days ago · Current status. All of the five major U.S. territories are permanently inhabited and have locally elected territorial legislatures and executives and some degree of political autonomy. Four of the five are "organized", but American Samoa is technically "unorganized".
3 days ago · Mississippi River - Exploration, Trade, Navigation: As its respectful Indian name indicates, the Mississippi played an important role in the lives of the aboriginal peoples settled on its banks. To the Native American peoples of the river, the Mississippi was both highway and larder.
3 days ago · The original Mississippi Territory created by the U.S. Congress in 1798 was a strip of land extending about 100 miles (160 km) north to south and from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee on the Georgia border.
3 days ago · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state. The judges issued their order Tuesday night in a lawsuit filed in 2022 by the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP and several Black residents.
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4 days ago · WXOW. Jul 3, 2024 Updated Jul 3, 2024. 0. LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - The U.S. Coast Guard has closed several pools on the Mississippi River to the north and south of La Crosse to recreational ...
