Editing State College, Pennsylvania (section)

===Indigenous peoples===
The [[Lenape|Delaware]], [[Iroquois]], [[Mingo]], and [[Shawnee]] were some of the first native inhabitants who began establishing settlements, farms, and trails throughout the valley and its water gaps.<ref name="peep">{{Cite web |url= https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-2/ConstructionsProjectsAndRoadwork/Documents/Potters/STORYBOARD/storymap.aspx|title= A Journey to Potter Mills|last= |first= |date= August 9, 2021|website= |publisher= The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref name="sag">{{cite web|url=https://www.statecollege.com/centre-county-areas/happy-valley/|title= Happy Valley|publisher= StateCollege.com}}</ref>

The name of the [[Nittany Valley]] and its most prominent feature, [[Mount Nittany]], comes from either Shawnee, Iroquois, or Lenape. It is thought to be a place name roughly translating to "single mountain."<ref name="tag">{{cite web|publisher= Centre County Historical Society|title= Mount Nittany|first= Lee|last= Stout|url=https://centrehistory.org/article/mount-nittany/|date= February 19, 2025}}</ref> A common myth suggests the name comes from princess Nita-Nee, who led her people to the fertile valleys of central Pennsylvania. The author of the story, Henry W. Shoemaker, later admitted that the legend was "purely fictitious," although the myth persists to this day.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pennsylvania State University|title= The Nittany Lion|url= https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collections/penn-state-university-park-campus-history-collection/nittany-lion}}</ref> Waupelani Drive is named after Chief [[Woapalanne]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://centrehistory.org/article/native-americans/|publisher= Centre County Historical Society|date= Sep 27, 2021|first= Ralph|last= Seelay|first2= Lee|last2= Stout|title= Native Americans}}</ref>