But today some Wampanoag people are trying to revive the language of their ancestors again. If you’d like to learn to say a Wampanoag word, Wuneekeesuq (pronounced similar to wuh-nee-kee-suck) is a friendly greeting that means “Good day!” You can also see a Wampanoag picture dictionary here.

People of the First Light

The plural form of Wampanoag is Wampanoags or Wampanoag.

The Wampanoag /ˈwɑːmpənɔːɡ/, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people. They were a loose confederation of several tribes in the 17th century, but today Wampanoag people encompass five officially recognized tribes.

Massachusett language

‘ |Cowàmmaunsh| `I love you. ‘ |Cowammaúnuck| `He loves you.

Welcome to our Wampanoag vocabulary page!…Wampanoag Word Set.

Massasoit Sachem (/ˌmæsəˈsɔɪ(ɪ)t/) or Ousamequin (c. 1581 – 1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem.

The native inhabitants of the region around Plymouth Colony were the various tribes of the Wampanoag people, who had lived there for some 10,000 years before the Europeans arrived. Soon after the Pilgrims built their settlement, they came into contact with Tisquantum, or Squanto, an English-speaking Native American.

It was headed for Virginia, where the colonists, comprising religious dissenters and entrepreneurs, planned to settle. However, bad weather and navigational errors blew the Mayflower more than 500 miles off course.

In 1621, the Wampanoag Tribe Had Its Own Agenda. In American lore, friendly Indians helped freedom-loving colonists. In real life, the Wampanoags had a problem they didn’t know how to fix.

Today, about 3,000 Wampanoag Indians still live in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. There is a reservation for the Wampanoag Indians on Martha’s Vineyard that was set up by the United States government.

five thousand Wampanoag

The first direct contact with a Native American was made in March 1621, and soon after, Chief Massasoit paid a visit to the settlement. After an exchange of greetings and gifts, the two peoples signed a peace treaty that lasted for more than 50 years.

The Native Americans welcomed the arriving immigrants and helped them survive. Then they celebrated together, even though the Pilgrims considered the Native Americans heathens. The Pilgrims were devout Christians who fled Europe seeking religious freedom.

Samoset and Squanto conducted some business with the Pilgrims, offering dried herring. But the real reason for Squanto’s visit was to inform the colonists that the great sachem, or king, of the Wampanoag named Massasoit was waiting nearby with the Nemasket and wanted to meet with the Pilgrims.

A friendly Indian named Squanto helped the colonists. He showed them how to plant corn and how to live on the edge of the wilderness. A soldier, Capt. Miles Standish, taught the Pilgrims how to defend themselves against unfriendly Indians.

American Indians – Native Americans The term “Indian,” in reference to the original inhabitants of the American continent, is said to derive from Christopher Columbus, a 15th century boat-person. Some say he used the term because he was convinced he had arrived in “the Indies” (Asia), his intended destination.

When the Pilgrims landed in 1620, all the Patuxet except Tisquantum had died. The plagues have been attributed variously to smallpox, leptospirosis, and other diseases.

Today, we travel far more easily than pilgrims have done in the past (few are interested in riding donkeys to Canterbury, as Chaucer’s pilgrims did in the 14th century). But we can still test our mettle by doing zazen for a week at a Buddhist monastery or walking the Way of St. Francis in Italy.

Oceanus Hopkins ( c. 1620 – 1627) was the only child born on the Mayflower during its historic voyage which brought the English Pilgrims to America. He survived the first winter in Plymouth, but died by 1627. …

Many of the Pilgrims were members of a Puritan sect known as the Separatists. They believed that membership in the Church of England violated the biblical precepts for true Christians, and they had to break away and form independent congregations that adhered more strictly to divine requirements.

On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—had been authorized to settle by the British crown.

John Howland

Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. They were buried on Cole’s Hill.

Peregrine White

If you’d like to learn a Wampanoag word, Wuneekeesuq (pronounced similar to wuh-nee-kee-suck) is a friendly greeting that means “Good day!” You can also see a Wampanoag picture glossary here.

Wampanoag

1. The Wampanoag /ˈwɑːmpənɔːɡ/, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people.
2. From 1615 to 1619, the Wampanoag suffered an epidemic, long suspected to be smallpox.

The Wampanoag are one of many Nations of people all over North America who were here long before any Europeans arrived, and have survived until today. Many people use the word “Indian” to describe us, but we prefer to be called Native People. Today, about 4,000-5,000 Wampanoag live in New England.

Language: Lenape or Unami Delaware is an Algonquian language originally spoken in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. There are no fully fluent speakers of Lenape Delaware anymore, but the younger generation of Lenapes has undergone a resurgence of interest in reviving the Delaware language.

The Lenape were a deeply religious people and their belief in a Creator and eleven lessor Gods reached all aspects of their lives. They believed that all things had souls. This belief made it difficult for them to understand the concept of land ownership and purchase.

(Welcome!) Lenape:Nulelîntàm èli paèk.

thank you

eastern Algonquian language

KAHÈS = MOTHER kohèsa his/her mother [w- + kahès + -a, here the w- moves behind the K in Kahès and merges with the –a- to become –o- and the -a is added to mark the person his/her is possessing.]

Lenape is an eastern Algonquian language originally spoken in eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York, all of New Jersey, and northern Delaware.

The Delaware Indian originally called themselves Lenape people which means something like “The People.” However, they were given the name Delaware because they lived along the Delaware River, and the river in turn was named after the governor of the Jamestown colony, Lord de la Warr.

Clan Symbols: These represent the three clans of the Lenape: Turtle, Wolf and Turkey.

Of course, when speaking to each other, Lenape people call themselves “Lenape.”

Their land, called Lenapehoking, included all of what is now New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York State, northern Delaware and a small section of southeastern Connecticut. Today, Lenape communities live all across North America.

Ramapough Lenape and Powhatan Renape Nations of New Jersey have state recognition reaffirmed. The settlement agreements come in the wake of the state’s largest tribe—the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation — winning their six-year federal and state civil rights battles.

Most common for enrolled citizenship are lineal descent, blood quantum, or relationship based requirements, or some combination of the three. Tribes with a lineal descent requirement allow enrollment based on an applicant having a single ancestor on the tribe’s historic base role.

Hudson River Shatemuc

Swarthmore College is on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lenni-Lenape, whose homeland includes Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and southern New York.

Chingsessing

Brooklyn, situated at the southern tip of Long Island, was originally inhabited by a group of American Indians who called themselves the Lenape, which means “the People.” They included the Nayack and the Canarsee, who planted corn and tobacco and fished in the rivers.

Often, territory acknowledgements are concise, along the lines of: “I want to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of [nation names].” Some people may also mention the name of a local treaty. Some may learn the language and speak a few words in it.

The name Brooklyn is derived from the original Dutch colonial name Breuckelen.

Minuit is generally credited with orchestrating the purchase of Manhattan Island for the Dutch from the Lenape Native Americans. Manhattan later became the site of the Dutch city of New Amsterdam, and the borough of Manhattan of modern-day New York City.

colony of New Netherland

In 1817 a new law passed that would free slaves born before 1799 but not until 1827. By the 1830 census there were only 75 slaves in New York and the 1840 census listed no slaves in New York City.