Siwanoy Native American tribe

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The Siwanoy Native American tribe was an Algonquian-speaking people who historically inhabited parts of what is now the Bronx and southern Westchester County in New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Woodland period cultures of lower Hudson Valley ⓘ
causeOfDemographicChange epidemic diseases ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
colonialEncounter Dutch colonists of New Netherland ⓘ
English colonists of New England ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalHeritage place names in the Bronx and Westchester ⓘ
cultureArea Eastern Woodlands cultures ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
demographicChange population decline after European contact ⓘ
environment coastal estuaries ⓘ
forested uplands ⓘ
ethnicGroup Algonquian peoples ⓘ
historicalTerritory Bronx ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

Long Island Sound shore ⓘ
southern Westchester County, New York ⓘ
housingType longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
language Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
modernLocationOverlap City Island area ⓘ
New York City borough of the Bronx ⓘ
Pelham Bay area ⓘ
Westchester County, New York ⓘ
partOf Wappinger confederacy ⓘ
politicalOrganization sachem-led bands ⓘ
village-based leadership ⓘ
presentStatus descendants absorbed into other Native communities ⓘ
no federally recognized Siwanoy tribe ⓘ
region Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
relatedEthnicGroup Lenape ⓘ
Mahican ⓘ
Wappinger ⓘ
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
usedResource deer ⓘ
fish from Long Island Sound ⓘ
fur-bearing animals ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ

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Siwanoy Country Club → namedAfter → Siwanoy Native American tribe ⓘ
Sing Sing → namedAfter → Sint Sinck (local Native American tribe name / area name) ⓘ
linked to: Siwanoy Native American tribe