Mahican
Historic territory of the Mahicans.
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| about 3000 Mahican | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States (Shawano County, Wisconsin) |
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| Languages | |
| English, (originally Mahican) | |
| Religion | |
| Moravian Church | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Lenape, Mohegan, Pequot |
The Mahicans (/məˈhiːkən/ or Mohicans /moʊˈhiːkən/) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe related to the abutting Delaware people, originally settled in the upper Hudson River Valley (around Albany, New York) and western New England centered on Pittsfield, Massachusetts and lower present-day Vermont. After 1680, due to conflicts with the Mohawk during the Beaver Wars, many were driven southeastwards across the present-day Massachusetts western border and the Berkshires to Berkshire County around .
Since the forcible relocation of Amerindian populations to reservations in the American west during the 1830s, most descendants of the Mahican are located in Shawano County, Wisconsin, where decades later they eventually formed the federally recognized with registered members of the Leni Lenape people and have a 22,000-acre (89 km2) reservation.
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