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The Stockbridge–Munsee Community, also known as the Mohican Nation Stockbridge–Munsee Band, is a federally recognized Native American tribe formed in the late eighteenth century from communities of so-called "praying Indians" (or Moravian Indians), descended from Christianized members of two distinct groups: Mohican and Wappinger from the praying town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and ...
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Together, the two formed a band and are federally recognized as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. Their 22,000-acre reservation is known as that of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians and is located near the town of Bowler. Since the late twentieth century, they have developed the North Star Mohican Resort and Casino on their ...
In 1837, some of the Munsee from Fairfield journeyed to Wisconsin to join another Christian band of Indians, the Stockbridge Indians, a combination of the last remnants of the Mohican and Wappinger peoples of the east bank of the Hudson River in New York, whence the two tribes became known collectively as the Stockbridge-Munsee. They are now ...
After the Esopus wars, many Stockbridge-Munsee moved to Western New York near Oneida Lake.They were eventually pushed off these lands by the Indian Removal Treaties in the 19th century, and eventually forced to settle on “inhospitable land” in Wisconsin by the 1830s.
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The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is set to arrive in New York City from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the family donating it shares the story behind their special connection to ...
Stockbridge sits along the eastern border of Madison County, with Oneida County to the east and north. The village of Munnsville is in the center of the town. New York State Route 46 crosses the town, passing through Munnsville and leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Oneida and south 11 miles (18 km) to Hamilton.