The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is a federally recognized Indian tribe. They are descended from Algonkian-speaking Indians, primarily Mohicans (also spelled Mahican or Mahikan, but not to be confused with the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut) and Munsee Delawares, who migrated from New York, Pennsylvania, and New England to Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s. The Stockbridge originally lived in western Massachusetts and moved to north central New York between 1783 and 1786 to form a new Christian community near the Oneida. Hendrick Aupaumut, a Stockbridge sachem (leader), later chose to relocate the Stockbridge-Munsee to Indiana where they settled near the Miami tribe.
Official Tribal Name: Stockbridge Munsee Community
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Recognition Status: Federally Recognized
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Early Swedish sources listed the Lenape as the Renappi.
Region: Northeast (Eastern Woodland)
State(s) Today: Wisconsin
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The Delaware Tribe of Indians, sometimes called the Eastern Delaware and formerly known as the Cherokee Delaware, are based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.A small group of separately-organized Delawares (the Absentees) called the Delaware Nation are located in Anadarko, Oklahoma on lands they jointly control with the Wichitas and Caddos. The Stockbridge Munsee Community is made up of Mohican and Munsee (Lenape) peoples. They are located in Shawano County, Wisconsin. More Lenape or Delaware people live in Canada.
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