Western Niantic

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Western Niantic were a regional division of the Niantic people, a Native American group historically located in southern New England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Western Niantic canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
regional division ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
cultureArea Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
distinguishedFrom Eastern Niantic ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf southern New England ⓘ
ethnonym Western Niantic ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians

Native Americans in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans
hasHistoricalStatus historical Native American group ⓘ
historicalRegion New England ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedInTheHistoricalRegion southern New England ⓘ
partOf Algonquian-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples
partOfHistoricalPeople Niantic ⓘ
peopleOf Niantic people ⓘ
regionType western division of the Niantic ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Eastern Niantic ⓘ
Mohegan people ⓘ
linked to: Mohegan tribe

Narragansett people ⓘ
Pequot people ⓘ
subgroupOf Niantic people ⓘ
timePeriod colonial era in New England ⓘ
pre-colonial North America ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Niantic people → subgroup → Western Niantic ⓘ
Niantic → subgroup → Western Niantic ⓘ
Eastern Niantic → distinguishedFrom → Western Niantic ⓘ
Western Niantic → ethnonym → Western Niantic ⓘ