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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 ...
Munnsville is located in eastern Madison County at (42.976597, -75.588236), [5] in the center of the town of Stockbridge New York State Route 46 passes through the village as Main Street, leading north 8 miles (13 km) to Oneida.
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.
Bill Miller was born on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation, near Shawano in northern Wisconsin. His Mohican name is Fush-Ya Heay Aka (meaning "bird song"). He began playing guitar when he was 12 years old. In 1973, he moved to Milwaukee and won an art school scholarship to Layton School of Art, later attending University of Wisconsin at ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Stockbridge–Munsee Community people" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has sentimental roots.. The tree was planted by the Albert family back in 1967 in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, when Earl Albert and his late wife ...
The Munsee (Delaware: Monsiyok) [3] are a subtribe and one of the three divisions of the Lenape. Historically, they lived along the upper portion of the Delaware River , the Minisink , and the adjacent country in New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania .