Kanenstenhawi (attributed Mohawk name)

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Kanenstenhawi is the Mohawk name traditionally attributed to Eunice Williams, a colonial New England girl captured in the 1704 Deerfield raid who was adopted into Mohawk society and remained there for the rest of her life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Eunice Williams ⓘ
hasBirthName Eunice Williams ⓘ
hasChild children in Mohawk community ⓘ
hasCountryOfCitizenship Mohawk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people
hasCulture Mohawk ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Kanienʼkehá꞉ka ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk

Mohawk ⓘ
hasFather John Williams ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
hasGivenName Kanenstenhawi ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Queen Anne's War ⓘ
hasLanguage Mohawk language ⓘ
hasLifeEvent baptized and raised in Catholic Mohawk mission community ⓘ
met her New England relatives as an adult but chose to remain Mohawk ⓘ
taken from Deerfield, Massachusetts, to mission villages near Montreal ⓘ
hasMother Eunice Mather Williams ⓘ
linked to: Eunice Mather
hasNameStatus name form and spelling vary in historical sources ⓘ
hasNameUsage Kanenstenhawi is a traditionally attributed Mohawk name ⓘ
hasNotableFor cross-cultural life between English colonial and Mohawk societies ⓘ
remaining with Mohawk community after captivity ⓘ
hasPlaceOfOrigin Deerfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasReligion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasSpouse Mohawk man (name uncertain in English records) ⓘ
isCentralFigureIn Anglo-American and Mohawk cultural contact history ⓘ
studies of captivity and adoption among Indigenous peoples ⓘ
isSubjectOf captivity narratives about Deerfield ⓘ
story of the 1704 Deerfield raid ⓘ
livedDuring 18th century ⓘ
maintainedTiesWith Mohawk kin ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk
refusedToReturnTo New England family ⓘ
spentRestOfLifeIn Mohawk community ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people
visited New England relatives ⓘ
wasAdoptedBy Mohawk family ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people
wasAdoptedInto Mohawk society ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people
wasCapturedBy French and Indigenous raiders ⓘ
wasCapturedIn Raid on Deerfield (1704) ⓘ

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Eunice Williams → alsoKnownAs → Kanenstenhawi (attributed Mohawk name) ⓘ
Kanenstenhawi → hasNameUsage → Kanenstenhawi is a traditionally attributed Mohawk name ⓘ
linked to: Kanenstenhawi (attributed Mohawk name)