Niantic

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Indigenous people of North America Native American people

The Niantic are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, historically living along the southern New England coast near present-day Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Niantic canonical 1
Niantic (planned or limited service, if applicable) 1
Niantic people 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
associatedBodyOfWater Long Island Sound ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Niantic Bay ⓘ
Niantic River NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialEraInteractionWith English colonists ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalArea Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
culturallyRelatedTo Mohegan ⓘ
Narragansett ⓘ
Pequot people ⓘ
surface form: Pequot
culturalPractice seasonal migration ⓘ
wampum use ⓘ
demographicChange population decline after European contact ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
experienced epidemic diseases after European contact ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
hasNameOriginLanguage Algonquian languages ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial New England ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
historicalRegion present-day Connecticut ⓘ
present-day Rhode Island ⓘ
southern New England ⓘ
surface form: southern New England coast
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
partOfBroaderGroup Algonquian peoples ⓘ
presentInModernState Connecticut ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
relatedEthnicity Algonquian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Algonquian peoples
religionType traditional Native American spirituality ⓘ
subgroup Eastern Niantic ⓘ
Western Niantic ⓘ
traditionalAgriculturalProduct beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fur trade ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment Atlantic coastline ⓘ
coastal estuaries ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouse ⓘ
wigwam ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Narragansett → relatedEthnicGroup → Niantic ⓘ
SLE → station → Niantic ⓘ
subject surface form: Shore Line East
this entity surface form: Niantic (planned or limited service, if applicable)
Quinnipiac people → relatedEthnicGroup → Niantic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niantic people