Mahican
Hudson Valley people
Mahican refers to an Algonquian-speaking people originally inhabiting the Hudson River valley in what is now New York State.
The term also designates their language, which is closely related to other Eastern Algonquian languages.
The Mahican are distinct from the Mohegan of Connecticut, though the names are often confused.
James Fenimore Cooper's novel *The Last of the Mohicans* contributed to this confusion and shaped popular but often inaccurate perceptions of both groups.
Major New York estuary
- StockbridgeBerkshire County municipality
- LenapeAlgonquian-speaking Eastern people
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- MohawkIroquoian nation from Northeast
Iroquois · Pequot · Wampanoag · Delaware · Abenaki · Narragansett · Oneida · Onondaga
Indigenous American bead currency
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
- wigwamDomed bark-covered shelter
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- sachemIndigenous northeastern headman
storytelling · oral tradition · beadwork · quillwork · cornhusk · Three Sisters · agriculture · kinship
Commercial exchange of animal skins
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- MoravianFrom eastern Czech region
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- treatyBinding pact between nations
colonial era · removal · assimilation · King Philip's War · Wisconsin · reservation · survival · revitalization
At risk of extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- linguisticsScience of language structure
documentation · speakers · preservation · dialect · oral literature · placenames · etymology
Hudson River
Major New York estuary
- StockbridgeBerkshire County municipality
- LenapeAlgonquian-speaking Eastern people
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
Mohawk · Iroquois · Pequot · Wampanoag · Delaware · Abenaki · Narragansett · Oneida · Onondaga · Connecticut River
wampum
Indigenous American bead currency
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
- wigwamDomed bark-covered shelter
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
sachem · storytelling · oral tradition · beadwork · quillwork · cornhusk · Three Sisters · agriculture · kinship · matrilineal
fur trade
Commercial exchange of animal skins
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- MoravianFrom eastern Czech region
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
treaty · colonial era · removal · assimilation · King Philip's War · Wisconsin · reservation · survival · revitalization · federal recognition
endangered
At risk of extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
linguistics · documentation · speakers · preservation · dialect · oral literature · placenames · etymology