Adirondack people (historical name usage)
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The Adirondack people is a historical term that was used, often inaccurately and sometimes pejoratively, to refer to certain Indigenous groups in the northeastern woodlands region of North America.
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Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exonym
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historical ethnonym → |
| appliedBy |
non-Indigenous observers
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| associatedWith |
woodlands cultural area
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| characterizedAs |
often inaccurate term
→
sometimes pejorative term → |
| hasCategory |
colonial-era terminology
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ethnographic misnomer → |
| hasConnotation |
ethnographically imprecise
→
pejorative in some contexts → |
| hasRegion |
northeastern North America
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| hasUsagePeriod |
historical
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| languageOfOrigin |
English
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| notIdenticalTo |
any single contemporary Indigenous nation
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| refersTo |
Indigenous peoples of North America
→
certain Indigenous groups in the northeastern woodlands → |
| relatedTo |
Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
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| requires |
critical evaluation in historical sources
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| usedAs |
group label for multiple Indigenous communities
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| usedIn |
North America
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northeastern woodlands region → |
| usedInContext |
colonial records
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early ethnographic accounts → historical writing → |
| warning |
term may obscure distinct identities of Indigenous groups
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Adirondack Mountains
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namedAfter |