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)