Wappinger people

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The Wappinger people were an Algonquian-speaking Native American group who historically inhabited parts of present-day southeastern New York and western Connecticut along the Hudson River valley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American people
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas
causeOfPopulationDecline disease
land dispossession
warfare
colonialPowerEncountered Dutch Republic
Kingdom of England
conflict Kieft's War
Peach Tree War
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Eastern Algonquian languages
surface form: Algonquian Northeast
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalEra colonial period in North America
pre-Columbian North America
historicalTerritory Long Island Sound
surface form: Long Island Sound region

Hudson Valley
surface form: lower Hudson River Valley
housing wigwams
indigenousTo Hudson Valley
surface form: Hudson River Valley

southeastern New York
western Connecticut
language Eastern Algonquian languages
surface form: Eastern Algonquian language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
modernDescendants various Algonquian-descended communities in the Northeastern United States
opponent Dutch colonists
English colonists
partOf Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultural area
populationTrend decline after European contact
presentDayLocation Connecticut
New York
region Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
relatedEthnicGroup Lenape
Mahican
Lenape
surface form: Munsee
religion traditional Native American religion
socialOrganization village-based communities
subsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
traditionalCraft basketry
canoe building
woodworking
traditionalEconomy fur trade

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Wappingers Falls namedAfter Wappinger people
Kieft's War opposingCommander Wappinger people
this entity surface form: Wappinger sachems
Tappan Zee (wide section of the Hudson River) namedAfter Wappinger people
this entity surface form: Tappan Native American people
Tappan Zee (wide section of the Hudson River) etymologyComponent Wappinger people
this entity surface form: "Tappan" from local Native American tribe name
Town of Wappinger, New York namedAfter Wappinger people
Wappinger Creek namedAfter Wappinger people