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