Naumkeag

E132408

Naumkeag is the original Native American name for the area that later became Salem, Massachusetts.

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Naumkeag canonical 3
Naumkeag settlement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American place name
historical place name
associatedWithEthnicGroup Algonquian-speaking peoples
Native Americans
associatedWithPeople Naumkeag people
culturalContext Woodland Indians
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
etymologyStatus uncertain
historicalPeriod pre-contact era in New England
historicalRegion Massachusetts Bay region
languageOfOrigin an Algonquian language
locatedIn Massachusetts
New England
United States of America
surface form: United States
originalNameOf Salem, Massachusetts
preColonialNameFor area of present-day Salem, Massachusetts
relatedTo Massachusetts Bay Colony
replacedBy Salem
surface form: the name "Salem"
significance represents Indigenous heritage of Salem area
toponymType indigenous toponym
usedBefore English colonization of Massachusetts

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Roger Conant founded Naumkeag
this entity surface form: Naumkeag settlement