Podunk people
Extinct Native American tribe from Connecticut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Podunk were a Native American people who spoke an Algonquian Quiripi language and lived primarily in what is now known as Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. English colonists adopted use of a Nipmuc dialect word for the territory of this people.
This article possibly contains original research. (July 2009) |
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Total population | |
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extinct as a tribe, primarily merged with Pequot in late 17th century[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S. | |
Languages | |
an Algonquian language | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Pequot, Tunxis[1] |
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The Podunk are likely the Hoccanum people.[2]