Wappinger people

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The Wappinger people were an Algonquian-speaking Native American group who historically inhabited parts of present-day southeastern New York and western Connecticut along the Hudson River valley.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
causeOfPopulationDecline disease ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
colonialPowerEncountered Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
conflict Kieft's War ⓘ
Peach Tree War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Algonquian Northeast ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
historicalEra colonial period in North America ⓘ
pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
historicalTerritory Long Island Sound region ⓘ
linked to: Long Island Sound

lower Hudson River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley
housing wigwams ⓘ
indigenousTo Hudson River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley

southeastern New York ⓘ
western Connecticut ⓘ
language Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
modernDescendants various Algonquian-descended communities in the Northeastern United States ⓘ
opponent Dutch colonists ⓘ
English colonists ⓘ
partOf Eastern Woodlands cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
presentDayLocation Connecticut ⓘ
New York ⓘ
region Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
relatedEthnicGroup Lenape ⓘ
Mahican ⓘ
Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Lenape
religion traditional Native American religion ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fur trade ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wappingers Falls → namedAfter → Wappinger people ⓘ
Kieft's War → opposingCommander → Wappinger sachems ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people
Tappan Zee (wide section of the Hudson River) → namedAfter → Tappan Native American people ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people
Tappan Zee (wide section of the Hudson River) → etymologyComponent → "Tappan" from local Native American tribe name ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people
Town of Wappinger, New York → namedAfter → Wappinger people ⓘ
Wappinger Creek → namedAfter → Wappinger people ⓘ
Mahopac High School → hasMascot → Mahopac Indians ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people
Peach Tree War → combatant → Wappinger warriors ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people
Peach Tree War → involvedEthnicGroup → Wappinger people ⓘ
Wappingers Falls, New York → namedAfter → Wappinger people ⓘ
subject linked to: Wappingers Falls, New York area
Katonah → ethnicGroup → Wappinger people ⓘ
subject linked to: Wappinger chief Katonah
Tappan Zee Bridge area → historicalNameOrigin → Tappan Native American people ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people
Esopus, New York → namedAfter → Esopus people ⓘ
linked to: Wappinger people