Mohicans
Hudson River nation
Mohicans refers to a Native American people originally inhabiting the Hudson River valley in what is now New York.
The Mohicans (also spelled Mahicans) were distinct from the Mohegans of Connecticut, though the names are often confused.
James Fenimore Cooper's novel *The Last of the Mohicans* (1826) romanticized and popularized the name, though it conflated the two peoples.
In British slang, a mohican is a hairstyle with the sides shaved and a central strip standing upright—Americans call this a mohawk.
North American language family
- MahicanAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- LenapeAlgonquian-speaking Eastern people
- AbenakiAlgonquian-speaking northeastern nation
Iroquois · confederacy · clan · sachem · elders · council · kinship · ancestry
Domination through foreign settlement
- Dutch settlersImmigrants from the Netherlands
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- frontierEdge of settlement
American Revolution · missionaries · warfare · Stockbridge · land loss · removal · assimilation · resistance
- HawkeyeIowa resident's nickname
- CoraName meaning young woman
- romantic novelLove-centered fiction
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
Major New York estuary
- BerkshireCounty containing Windsor
- CatskillsAppalachian range in New York
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
Long-established customs passed down
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
spirituality · wampum · language · beliefs · customs · heritage · cosmology · rituals
Algonquian
North American language family
- MahicanAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- LenapeAlgonquian-speaking Eastern people
Abenaki · Iroquois · confederacy · clan · sachem · elders · council · kinship · ancestry · descendants
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- Dutch settlersImmigrants from the Netherlands
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
frontier · American Revolution · missionaries · warfare · Stockbridge · land loss · removal · assimilation · resistance · survival
James Fenimore Cooper
- HawkeyeIowa resident's nickname
- CoraName meaning young woman
- romantic novelLove-centered fiction
Hudson River
Major New York estuary
- BerkshireCounty containing Windsor
- CatskillsAppalachian range in New York
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
New York · Connecticut · Stockbridge · woodland · ancestral territory
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
folklore · spirituality · wampum · language · beliefs · customs · heritage · cosmology · rituals · drumming
- Cooper novelsHawkeye, Homeward Bound, Wyandotte, Alice Munro
- Hudson ValleyHudson River, Hudson River School, Henry Hudson, Kingston, Poughkeepsie
MohicansMohawk
Iroquoian nation from Northeast
Iroquois Confederacy · Seneca · Oneida · Onondaga · Cayuga