Kanenstenhawi (attributed Mohawk name)

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Kanenstenhawi is the Mohawk name traditionally attributed to Eunice Williams, a colonial New England girl captured in the 1704 Deerfield raid who was adopted into Mohawk society and remained there for the rest of her life.

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instanceOf historical figure
person
hasAlternativeName Eunice Williams NERFINISHED
hasBirthName Eunice Williams NERFINISHED
hasChild children in Mohawk community
hasCountryOfCitizenship Mohawk Nation NERFINISHED
hasCulture Mohawk NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup Kanienʼkehá꞉ka NERFINISHED
Mohawk NERFINISHED
hasFather John Williams NERFINISHED
hasGender female
hasGivenName Kanenstenhawi NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalContext Queen Anne's War NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Mohawk language NERFINISHED
hasLifeEvent baptized and raised in Catholic Mohawk mission community
met her New England relatives as an adult but chose to remain Mohawk
taken from Deerfield, Massachusetts, to mission villages near Montreal
hasMother Eunice Mather Williams NERFINISHED
hasNameStatus name form and spelling vary in historical sources
hasNameUsage Kanenstenhawi is a traditionally attributed Mohawk name NERFINISHED
hasNotableFor cross-cultural life between English colonial and Mohawk societies
remaining with Mohawk community after captivity
hasPlaceOfOrigin Deerfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
hasReligion Catholicism NERFINISHED
hasSpouse Mohawk man (name uncertain in English records)
isCentralFigureIn Anglo-American and Mohawk cultural contact history
studies of captivity and adoption among Indigenous peoples
isSubjectOf captivity narratives about Deerfield
story of the 1704 Deerfield raid
livedDuring 18th century
maintainedTiesWith Mohawk kin NERFINISHED
refusedToReturnTo New England family NERFINISHED
spentRestOfLifeIn Mohawk community NERFINISHED
visited New England relatives
wasAdoptedBy Mohawk family NERFINISHED
wasAdoptedInto Mohawk society NERFINISHED
wasCapturedBy French and Indigenous raiders
wasCapturedIn Raid on Deerfield (1704) NERFINISHED

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Eunice Williams alsoKnownAs Kanenstenhawi (attributed Mohawk name)