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  2. Native American tribes in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Historic tribal territories of Southern New England, ca. 16th century. Native American tribes in Massachusetts are the Native American tribes and their reservations that existed historically and those that still exist today in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Narragansett term for this region is Ninnimissinuok. [1]

  3. List of place names of Native American origin in New England

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    The region of New England in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area. New England is in the Northeastern United States, and comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Listed are well-known names of towns, significant bodies of water, and ...

  4. Algonquian peoples - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the first European settlements in North America, Algonquian peoples resided in present-day Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, New England, New Jersey, southeastern New York, Delaware, and down the Atlantic Coast to the Upper South, and around the Great Lakes in present-day Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

  5. Wampanoag - Wikipedia

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    The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. [3] Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Today, two Wampanoag tribes are federally recognized: Mashpee ...

  6. List of federally recognized tribes by state - Wikipedia

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    States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.

  7. Nipmuc - Wikipedia

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    Colonists and the Native Americans themselves used this term extensively after the growth of the praying towns. [10] [11] The French referred to most New England Native Americans as Loup, meaning 'Wolf [people]'.

  8. Naumkeag people - Wikipedia

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    Naumkeag is a historical tribe of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people who lived in northeastern Massachusetts. They controlled most of the territory from the Charles River to the Merrimack River at the time of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640).

  9. Pawtucket tribe - Wikipedia

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    The Pawtucket tribe were a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.They are mostly known in the historical record for their dealings with the early English colonists in the 17th century.