Quiripi people

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The Quiripi people were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous group of southern New England, historically inhabiting parts of present-day Connecticut and neighboring areas.

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Quiripi people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Indigenous people
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas
epidemic diseases after European contact
associatedWith Long Island Sound estuaries
linked to: Long Island Sound

woodland ecosystems of New England
continent North America
country United States
culturallyRelatedTo Mahican people
linked to: Mahican

Mohegan people
linked to: Mohegan tribe

Narragansett people
Pequot people
Wampanoag people
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
encounteredBy Dutch colonists
English colonists
linked to: British colonists
engagedIn fur trade
wampum trade
ethnicGroup Algonquian peoples
hasDescendantCommunity Native American communities in Connecticut
hasModernRecognitionIssues limited federal recognition in the United States
limited state recognition in New England
historicalStatus largely displaced as distinct tribal entity
language Quiripi language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageStatus extinct or nearly extinct
locatedIn Connecticut
Long Island Sound region
linked to: Long Island Sound
nativeTo Connecticut
New York (eastern)
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
partOf Eastern Algonquian peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
partOfBroadGrouping Native American tribes in Connecticut
region Southern New England
religion Indigenous North American spirituality
timePeriod Colonial era in New England
Pre-contact North America
traditionalDwellings wigwams
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
traditionalTerritoryIncludes coastal Connecticut
river valleys of southern New England
usedMaterialCulture bone tools
dugout canoes
stone tools
wampum

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Pequot people relatedEthnicGroup Quiripi people