Knowledge

Hammonasset people

Source 📝

41: 188:, added the daughter of Sebequanash of the Hammonassets to his several wives. This marriage gave Uncas some type of control over their land which he promptly sold to New England colonists. The Hammonassets moved and became Mohegans. 155:
In their society, villages were organized by patrilineal clans with names appointed by animal totems. The indigenous people who settled in the area named it
392: 128: 402: 407: 167:
They subsisted by fishing and hunting, and raised corn, beans, and squash. The Hammonasset River was one of the few to have salmon runs.
343: 387: 397: 282: 17: 328: 233: 315: 243: 202:
In 1730, the band's population was 250 to 300 people. By 1774, they were reduced to only 38 people. They moved to
382: 304: 293: 203: 196: 144: 87: 8: 99: 259: 180:
The first European colonists arrived in their territory area in 1638. In 1640, Uncas,
311: 283:"Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents", Connecticut history.org. 239: 132: 46: 40: 376: 358: 345: 74: 131:
whose territory was along the west bank of the Connecticut River to the
192: 111: 330:
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: A–M, Vol 30, Part 1
185: 207: 181: 115: 61: 333:. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. p. 529. 199:. Their leader was named Sebequnash, or "The Man Who Weeps." 159:, which roughly translates to “where we dig the ground.” 238:. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 345. 260:"The Eastern Woodland Hunters - Food / Hunting / Tools" 235:
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 2
49:
was part of the territory of the Hammonassett people
294:"Hammonasset State Park", Connecticut State Parks 374: 129:Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands 27:Historical Native American tribe of Connecticut 162: 39: 14: 393:Native American history of Connecticut 375: 227: 225: 223: 195:people, who were recorded living near 403:Native American tribes in Connecticut 326: 309:, Yale University Press, 2013, p. 111 231: 408:Pre-statehood history of Connecticut 69:Regions with significant populations 327:Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (1912). 220: 24: 25: 419: 307:Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples 175: 388:Extinct Native American tribes 320: 298: 287: 276: 252: 232:Hodge, Frederick Webb (1910). 64:people in the mid-18th century 13: 1: 398:New Haven County, Connecticut 213: 7: 138: 10: 424: 170: 150: 191:They were once a band of 143:The Hammonasset spoke an 110: 105: 98: 93: 86: 81: 73: 68: 59: 54: 38: 264:firstpeoplesofcanada.com 204:Farmington, Connecticut 163:Economy and subsistence 197:Guilford, Connecticut 106:Related ethnic groups 383:Algonquian ethnonyms 206:, to live among the 18:Hammonasset (people) 359:41.2787°N 72.5466°W 355: /  145:Algonquian language 100:Indigenous religion 88:Algonquian language 35: 127:were a historical 125:Hammonasset people 34:Hammonasset people 33: 364:41.2787; -72.5466 305:Lavin, Lucianne. 133:Hammonasset River 121: 120: 47:Hammonasset River 16:(Redirected from 415: 370: 369: 367: 366: 365: 360: 356: 353: 352: 351: 348: 335: 334: 324: 318: 302: 296: 291: 285: 280: 274: 273: 271: 270: 256: 250: 249: 229: 135:in Connecticut. 55:Total population 43: 36: 32: 21: 423: 422: 418: 417: 416: 414: 413: 412: 373: 372: 363: 361: 357: 354: 349: 346: 344: 342: 341: 339: 338: 325: 321: 303: 299: 292: 288: 281: 277: 268: 266: 258: 257: 253: 246: 230: 221: 216: 178: 173: 165: 153: 141: 50: 31: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 421: 411: 410: 405: 400: 395: 390: 385: 337: 336: 319: 297: 286: 275: 251: 244: 218: 217: 215: 212: 177: 174: 172: 169: 164: 161: 152: 149: 140: 137: 119: 118: 108: 107: 103: 102: 96: 95: 91: 90: 84: 83: 79: 78: 71: 70: 66: 65: 57: 56: 52: 51: 44: 29: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 420: 409: 406: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 380: 378: 371: 368: 332: 331: 323: 317: 316:9780300195194 313: 310: 308: 301: 295: 290: 284: 279: 265: 261: 255: 247: 245:9780722208281 241: 237: 236: 228: 226: 224: 219: 211: 209: 205: 200: 198: 194: 189: 187: 183: 168: 160: 158: 148: 146: 136: 134: 130: 126: 117: 113: 109: 104: 101: 97: 92: 89: 85: 80: 76: 72: 67: 63: 58: 53: 48: 42: 37: 19: 340: 329: 322: 306: 300: 289: 278: 267:. Retrieved 263: 254: 234: 201: 190: 179: 176:17th century 166: 156: 154: 142: 124: 122: 60:merged into 30:Ethnic group 362: / 157:Hammonasset 75:Connecticut 377:Categories 350:72°32′48″W 347:41°16′43″N 269:2019-04-27 214:References 193:Quinnipiac 112:Quinnipiac 210:in 1768. 82:Languages 139:Language 94:Religion 186:Mohegan 184:of the 171:History 151:Culture 314:  242:  208:Tunxis 182:sachem 116:Tunxis 77:, U.S. 62:Tunxis 312:ISBN 240:ISBN 123:The 45:The 147:. 379:: 262:. 222:^ 114:, 272:. 248:. 20:)

Index

Hammonasset (people)
Hammonassett River
Hammonasset River
Tunxis
Connecticut
Algonquian language
Indigenous religion
Quinnipiac
Tunxis
Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands
Hammonasset River
Algonquian language
sachem
Mohegan
Quinnipiac
Guilford, Connecticut
Farmington, Connecticut
Tunxis



Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 2
ISBN
9780722208281
"The Eastern Woodland Hunters - Food / Hunting / Tools"
"Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents", Connecticut history.org.
"Hammonasset State Park", Connecticut State Parks
Lavin, Lucianne. Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples, Yale University Press, 2013, p. 111
ISBN
9780300195194

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.