Mahican

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The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Eastern Algonquian language
Native American people
federally recognized tribe
colonialContactWith Dutch colonists
English colonists
composedOf Mahican descendants
Munsee Lenape descendants
continent North America
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
currentPrimaryLanguage English language
displacedBy European colonization
ethnicGroupOf United States
ethnonymVariant Mahikan
Mohican
linked to: Mahican

Muh-he-con-neok
historicalRegion Housatonic River Valley
Hudson River Valley
linked to: Hudson Valley

eastern New York
upper Hudson River
linked to: Hudson River

western New England
involvedInConflict Beaver Wars
French and Indian War
linked to: Seven Years' War
language Mahican language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
Eastern Algonquian languages
migratedTo Oneida territory in New York
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Wisconsin
missionHistory Stockbridge Indian mission
modernDescendantCommunity Stockbridge-Munsee Community
linked to: Mahican
recognizedBy United States federal government
relatedEthnicGroup Abenaki
Lenape
Narragansett
Pequot
linked to: Pequot people

Wappinger
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
reservationLocation Shawano County, Wisconsin
selfDesignation Muh-he-con-neok
selfDesignationMeaning people of the waters that are never still
traditionalHousing longhouse
wigwam
traditionalLanguage Mahican language
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyInvolvement various colonial-era land cessions in New York and Massachusetts

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Wampanoag people partOf Algonquian peoples
linked to: Mahican
Mahican ethnonymVariant Mohican
linked to: Mahican
Mahican modernDescendantCommunity Stockbridge-Munsee Community
linked to: Mahican
Lenape federallyRecognizedTribeInUnitedStates Stockbridge-Munsee Community
linked to: Mahican
Lenape relatedEthnicGroup Mahican
Pequot people relatedEthnicGroup Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Fort Orange associatedWithPeople Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Beverwijck tradedWith Mahican
Mahican language ethnicGroup Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Mahican language spokenBy Mahican tribe
linked to: Mahican
Mahican language migrationHistory Mahican people relocated from New York to Massachusetts and Wisconsin
linked to: Mahican
Muh-he-con-neok ethnonymFor Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Muh-he-con-neok hasAlternativeName Mohican
linked to: Mahican
Stockbridge Indian mission foundedFor Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Stockbridge Indian mission foundedFor Mohican people
linked to: Mahican
Stockbridge Indian mission ethnicFocus Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Stockbridge Indian mission ethnicFocus Mohican people
linked to: Mahican
Mahikan alternativeName Mahican
Mahikan alternativeName Mohican
linked to: Mahican
Unami closelyRelatedTo Mahican
Natty Bumppo associatedWith Mohican people
linked to: Mahican
Wappinger relatedEthnicGroup Mahican
Quiripi people culturallyRelatedTo Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Pocumtuck people neighboringGroup Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Pocumtuck people relatedEthnicity Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Alaqua Cox ethnicGroup Mohican
linked to: Mahican
Schaghticoke, New York namedAfter Schaghticoke people
linked to: Mahican
Stockbridge-Munsee Community hasPeople Mohican people
linked to: Mahican
Stockbridge-Munsee Community ethnicGroup Mohican
linked to: Mahican
Mahikan language spokenBy Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Mahikan language associatedEthnicity Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Mahikan hasAlternativeSpelling Mahican
Mahikan hasAlternativeSpelling Mohican
linked to: Mahican
Mahikan refersTo Mahican people
linked to: Mahican
Mahikan isEndonymFor Mahican people
linked to: Mahican