Mahican
E12276
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahican canonical | 13 |
| Mahican people | 13 |
| Mohican | 6 |
| Mohican people | 4 |
| Stockbridge-Munsee Community | 2 |
| Algonquian peoples | 1 |
| Mahican people relocated from New York to Massachusetts and Wisconsin | 1 |
| Mahican tribe | 1 |
| Schaghticoke people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mahican Context triple: [Hudson Valley, historicallyInhabitedBy, Mahican]
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A.
Lenape
The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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B.
Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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C.
Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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D.
Havasupai people
The Havasupai people are a Native American tribe traditionally living in the Grand Canyon region of Arizona, known for their deep connection to the canyon’s land and waterfalls.
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E.
Quechan people
The Quechan people are a Native American tribe traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and riverine culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mahican Target entity description: The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
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A.
Lenape
The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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B.
Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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C.
Hualapai people
The Hualapai people are a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona, known for their distinct language, culture, and stewardship of lands along the Grand Canyon.
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D.
Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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E.
Havasupai people
The Havasupai people are a Native American tribe traditionally living in the Grand Canyon region of Arizona, known for their deep connection to the canyon’s land and waterfalls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ Native American people ⓘ federally recognized tribe ⓘ |
| colonialContactWith |
Dutch colonists
ⓘ
English colonists ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Mahican descendants
ⓘ
Munsee Lenape descendants ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Northeast Woodlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
|
| currentPrimaryLanguage | English language ⓘ |
| displacedBy | European colonization ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnonymVariant |
Mahikan
ⓘ
Mahican self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mohican
Muh-he-con-neok ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Housatonic River valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Housatonic River Valley
Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Hudson River Valley
eastern New York ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ
surface form:
upper Hudson River
Western Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
western New England
|
| involvedInConflict |
Beaver Wars
ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form:
French and Indian War
|
| language | Mahican language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Algonquian languages
|
| migratedTo |
Oneida territory in New York
ⓘ
Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| missionHistory | Stockbridge Indian mission ⓘ |
| modernDescendantCommunity |
Mahican
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Stockbridge-Munsee Community
|
| recognizedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Abenaki
ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ Narragansett ⓘ Pequot people ⓘ
surface form:
Pequot
Wappinger ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ |
| reservationLocation | Shawano County, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Muh-he-con-neok ⓘ |
| selfDesignationMeaning | people of the waters that are never still ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
longhouse
ⓘ
wigwam ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Mahican language ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| treatyInvolvement | various colonial-era land cessions in New York and Massachusetts ⓘ |
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Subject: Mahican Description of subject: The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.