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