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. Our name, Wampanoag, means People of the First Light. In the 1600s, we had as many as 40,000 people in the 67 villages that made up the Wampanoag Nation.
Q. What did the Wampanoag call the pilgrims?
Osamequin means “Yellow Feather.” The Pilgrims call him Massasoit. Massasoit is the Wampanoag word for sachem, or chief. He is the Grand Sachem of the Wampanoag people.
Table of Contents
- Q. What did the Wampanoag call the pilgrims?
- Q. What was Squanto’s tribe?
- Q. What did the Wampanoag Tribe trade?
- Q. How do you say thank you in Lenape?
- Q. What is the Lenni Lenape religion?
- Q. What did the Lenape call the Hudson River?
- Q. Is Lenape land Unceded?
- Q. What does the word Lenape mean?
- Q. What did the Lenape call Staten Island?
- Q. How much was Staten Island purchased for?
- Q. What Indians lived in Staten Island?
Q. What was Squanto’s tribe?
Squanto, who had been living with the Wampanoag people since his return from England, soon became a member of the Plymouth Colony.
Q. What did the Wampanoag Tribe trade?
The Wampanoag tribe was known for their beadwork, wood carvings, and baskets. Wampanoag artists were especially famous for crafting wampum out of white and purple shell beads. Wampum beads were traded as a kind of currency, but they were more culturally important as an art material.
Q. How do you say thank you in Lenape?
Some easy words are like “he”, but it is pronounced as “hey” in the Lenape language. Also, a friendly greeting, “wanishi” means thank you!
Q. What is the Lenni Lenape religion?
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 reflected a deep reverence for their natural environment and a concept that they were only a small part of Nature’s grand scheme.
Q. What did the Lenape call the Hudson River?
Shatemuc
Q. Is Lenape land Unceded?
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.
Q. What does the word Lenape mean?
the people
Q. What did the Lenape call Staten Island?
From land papers, we know that Indians most often called the island Aquehonga Manacknong, a name that likely meant “the place of bad woods.” (The name also suggests the borough’s inferiority complex goes back a long time.)
Q. How much was Staten Island purchased for?
In 1630, the Dutch purchased Staten Island, also for 60 guilders value.
Q. What Indians lived in Staten Island?
The Lenape tribe were some of the first people to inhabit North America as far back as 10,000 b.c. The Lenape lived on the West Shore of Staten Island and hunted mastodons, giant caribou and other large animals for food and clothing.
