Tunxis
Sign in to saveThe Tunxis were an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands from Connecticut. They were a tribe of Wappinger people who spoke an Eastern Algonquian language and are mainly known to history through their interactions with English settlers in New England.
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The Tunxis were an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands from Connecticut. They were a tribe of Wappinger people who spoke an Eastern Algonquian language and are mainly known to history through their interactions with English settlers in New England.
Also known as the Sepous, they were one of several Native communities in the lower Connecticut River Valley who shared common cultural traits.
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Connecticut
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Hartford
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New England
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Native Americans in the United States
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Farmington
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Algonquian peoples
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King Philip's War
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Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
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indigenous religion
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