Northeast Woodlands

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cultural region geographic region

The Northeast Woodlands is a cultural and geographic region of North America characterized by its forested environment and historically inhabited by diverse Native American peoples such as the Iroquois and Algonquian-speaking tribes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Northeastern Woodlands 23
Eastern Woodlands 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
associatedWith Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Three Sisters agriculture ⓘ
birchbark canoes ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ
longhouse dwellings ⓘ
wampum ⓘ
wigwam dwellings ⓘ
borderedBy Great Plains ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
Subarctic region ⓘ
characterizedBy forested environment ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalAreaOf Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
surface form: Native North America
hasBiome mixed coniferous-deciduous forest ⓘ
temperate deciduous forest ⓘ
hasSeason cold winters ⓘ
warm summers ⓘ
historicalPeriod early colonial era ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
includesSubregion Great Lakes region ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic region ⓘ
New England ⓘ
parts of southeastern Canada ⓘ
inhabitedBy Abenaki ⓘ
Algonquian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Algonquian-speaking peoples

Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
surface form: Huron-Wendat

Haudenosaunee ⓘ
surface form: Iroquois

Lenape ⓘ
Mi’kmaq ⓘ
surface form: Mi'kmaq

Narragansett ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Pequot people ⓘ
surface form: Pequot

Wampanoag people ⓘ
surface form: Wampanoag
locatedIn eastern North America ⓘ
traditionalEconomy bean cultivation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
vegetation birch trees ⓘ
maple trees ⓘ
oak trees ⓘ
pine trees ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Bodéwadmi → culturalArea → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Pequot people → culturalArea → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Sac and Fox → culturalArea → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Delaware people → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Mahican → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Mahikan → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Mohawk → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
Oneida territory in New York → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Penobscot people → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Sauk → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Sac → culturalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
subject surface form: Sauk
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Pokanoket region → culturalRegionOf → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Nauset people → cultureArea → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Podunk → cultureArea → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Native Americans → historicalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
Eastern Woodlands → includesSubregion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
Shinnecock Indian Nation → isIndigenousTo → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Muh-he-con-neok → nativeTo → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Algonquian languages → region → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands
Battle of the Great Swamp → region → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Mahican language → region → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Massachusett people → region → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Lenape → traditionalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Penobscot people → traditionalRegion → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
Narragansett people → traditionalTerritory → Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands