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Dispossession of Indigenous Lands

This map shows both general historical ranges of Indigenous territories in New York as well as the present-day locations of Indigenous Nations.

Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians

Near Bowler, WI. The official government and main body of the Mohican Nation of the upper eastern shore of the Hudson River and the Wappingers people of the lower eastern shore of the Hudson River to Manhattan.

Munsee-Delaware Nation Reserve

AKA Munseetown, found near Muncey, Ontario. The current seat of the tribal government originally from Minisink and the upper Delaware River and Highland Indians from the western side of the Hudson River.

Moraviantown Reserve

Near Thamesville, Ontario. Largely descended from Unami communities of northern New Jersey and adjacent parts of Pennsylvania and Munsee and Mohican speaking people from the Hudson Valley.

Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve

In Ohsweken, Ontario. Several hundred Lenape and Mohican descendants are found on the reserve. Largely descended from the Esopus Indians, Catskill Indians and their neighbors in the Hudson Valley.

Delaware Nation

AKA Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, near Anadarko, OK. Largely descended from Unami speakers of the coastal plain of New Jersey, Delaware, and southeastern Pennsylvania.

Delaware Tribe of Indians

Near Bartlesville, OK. Largely descended from Unami speakers of the coastal plain of New Jersey, Delaware, and southeastern Pennsylvania.

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