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Why do you suppose they are sometimes called River Indians?
Because they live right next to the river.
100
What did the Mohican do in early spring?
They set up camp in the Sugar Bush, tapping trees and making maple syrup and sugar. This was a ceremony welcoming spring.
100
Who was in charge of what?
Women were in charge of the home, children and gardens. Men traveled far to hunt, fish, or be warriors.
100
Who do you think moved the Stockbridge-Munsee out of their rightful homelands?
Who else? The whites (settlers).
100
What shelters do the Mohicans have today?
Mobile homes, apartments, and permanent houses.
200
What does Mohican mean?
People Of The Waters That Are Never Still.
200
After the hunts and harvests, what did the Mohican do to the meat, vegetables, fish, and berries?
They dried the food, put them in deeply dug pits and lined them with grass or bark.
200
Where did they live, in terms of shelter?
They lived in wigwams made of bent saplings covered with bark or hides. Several families of the same clan might live in a longhouse, with each family living within its own section.
200
What land did the Stockbridge Mohican receive?
They had pine forest. Farming was attempted, but due to swampy, sandy land, they turned to forestry as an economic base.
200
What is the center of the Stockbridge Mohicans' economic progress?
The North Star Mohican Casino.
300
What did their name change to after Mahikan?
Mohican.
300
How was winter important?
Utensils and containers were carved. Hunting, trapping, and fishing gear was repaired. Baskets and pottery were created. Clothing was made, decorated with gifts of nature, like colorful shells and porcupine quills.
300
Besides learning the way of life, what did the children learn?
Responsibility.
300
What happened to almost every Native Nation in the U.S by the late 1800's?
They were assigned to reservations.
300
How do they govern themselves today?
They have a tribal government, consisting of a tribal court and legal department.
400
What did their name evolve to after Muhheconneok?
Mahikan.
400
How did the Mohicans have a rich life?
They lived in woodlands, which were covered in red spruce, elm, pine, oak, and maple trees. Roaming these woods were black bear, deer, moose, beaver, otter, bobcat, and mink, with wild turkey and pheasants. Sparkly rivers were filled with herring, shad, trout, and more tasty fish. Oyster beds were found in the river's banks. Berries, cherries, and nuts were plentiful.
400
What sorts of ceremonies did the Mohican have?
EVERYTHING!!! They had celebrations for planting season, harvest time, spring.
400
What happened to the Stockbridge Mohican when settlers arrived?
They were no longer welcome in their own home.
400
Where do the Stockbridge children go to school?
In the Bowler and Gresham Public Schools.
500
What did the Mohican first call themselves?
The Muhheconneok.
500
What was the importance of the cold winter?
It was the time of teaching. People told the children how life came to be, like how the earth was created and why the leaves turn red. They also learned the ways of the Mohican and all the gifts of the Creator.
500
Besides wigwams, what did the Mohicans have as shelter?
Longhouses. They were made of bent saplings covered with hide or bark. They could be a hundred feet long! They were closed-roof, except for holes for the longhouse fire.
500
What was the kind gesture the Oneida offered to the Mohican?
The Oneida offered rich farmland and forest to the Stockbridge Mohican and they, in return, accepted. They moved in and flourished under strong leadership.
500
Where are the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians located today?
Off Shawano County Road A in Wisconsin.