Stockbridge Indian mission
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The Stockbridge Indian mission was an 18th-century Christian mission community established for the Mahican (Mohican) people in what is now Stockbridge, Massachusetts, playing a central role in their cultural and religious life during the colonial era.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century religious community
ⓘ
Christian mission ⓘ Native American mission ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Nipmuc people
ⓘ
surface form:
Stockbridge Indians
|
| associatedWithEvent | colonial-era cultural exchange between English settlers and Mahicans ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Mahican leaders ⓘ |
| category |
Christian missions in North America
ⓘ
Indigenous–settler relations in colonial New England ⓘ Native American history of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | colonial Massachusetts ⓘ |
| era | pre-Revolutionary colonial America ⓘ |
| ethnicFocus |
Mahican
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahican people
Mahican ⓘ
surface form:
Mohican people
|
| foundedFor |
Mahican
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahican people
Mahican ⓘ
surface form:
Mohican people
|
| function |
Native American village
ⓘ
mission church ⓘ site of cultural mediation between colonists and Mahicans ⓘ site of religious instruction ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | Housatonic River valley ⓘ |
| hasRole |
center of Mahican cultural life
ⓘ
center of Mahican religious life ⓘ settlement community for converted Mahicans ⓘ |
| historicalCountry | British America ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of Christianization efforts among Northeastern Woodland tribes ⓘ |
| legacy | influenced later Stockbridge-Munsee community history ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ Stockbridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
|
| partOf |
New England clergy
ⓘ
surface form:
New England missionary movement
colonial-era Christian missions to Native Americans ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
English language
ⓘ
Mahican language ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Congregationalism
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
Mahican converts to Christianity
ⓘ
Mahican families ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.