Quinnipiac people

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The Quinnipiac people are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous group historically inhabiting parts of present-day Connecticut, particularly around what is now New Haven and the surrounding coastal and riverine areas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quinnipiac people canonical 7
Mattabesic peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
colonialImpact forced relocation ⓘ
loss of traditional lands ⓘ
missionization ⓘ
contactPeriod 17th century ⓘ
contactWith English colonists ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
experienced land dispossession ⓘ
population decline after European contact ⓘ
historicalLanguage Quinnipiac language ⓘ
historicalRegion Long Island Sound coast ⓘ
New Haven area ⓘ
Quinnipiac River valley ⓘ
south-central Connecticut ⓘ
linked to: central Connecticut
indigenousTo Connecticut ⓘ
New England ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Quinnipiac River ⓘ
partOf Eastern Algonquian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples
presentDayLegacy Quinnipiac River name ⓘ
Quinnipiac University name origin ⓘ
place names in Connecticut ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mohegan people ⓘ
linked to: Mohegan tribe

Narragansett people ⓘ
Niantic people ⓘ
linked to: Niantic

Pequot people ⓘ
religionAfterContact Christianity ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
wampum production ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwams ⓘ
traditionalReligion Algonquian spiritual beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyOrAgreementWith New Haven Colony ⓘ
usedEnvironment coastal estuaries ⓘ
hardwood forests ⓘ
riverine wetlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Quinnipiac River → namedAfter → Quinnipiac people ⓘ
Quinnipiac territory → inhabitedBy → Quinnipiac people ⓘ
Quinnipiac territory → associatedPeople → Quinnipiac people ⓘ
Quinnipiac territory → culturalRegionOf → Quinnipiac people ⓘ
Quinnipiac territory → originalInhabitants → Quinnipiac people ⓘ
Quiripi language → spokenByGroup → Quinnipiac people ⓘ
Quiripi language → spokenByGroup → Mattabesic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Quinnipiac people