Stockbridge-Munsee Community
Encyclopedia
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is a Federally recognized Indian tribe consisting of the Mahican
and Munsee peoples. Their land-base, the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Reservation, is located at 44°53′55"N 88°51′42"W in Shawano County, Wisconsin
, in the towns of Bartelme
and Red Springs
.
", the Indians are Stockbridge-Munsee.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe, originally settling in the Hudson River Valley . After 1680, many moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. During the early 1820s and 1830s, most of the Mahican descendants migrated westward to northeastern Wisconsin...
and Munsee peoples. Their land-base, the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Reservation, is located at 44°53′55"N 88°51′42"W in Shawano County, Wisconsin
Shawano County, Wisconsin
Shawano County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 40,664. Its county seat is Shawano.-History:...
, in the towns of Bartelme
Bartelme, Wisconsin
Bartelme is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 700 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.6 square miles , of which, 35.5 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it ...
and Red Springs
Red Springs, Wisconsin
Red Springs is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 981. The unincorporated community of Morgan is located in the town.-Geography:...
.
In popular culture
In The West Wing episode "The Indians in the LobbyThe Indians in the Lobby
"The Indians in the Lobby" is the 51st episode of The West Wing.-Plot:It is the day before Thanksgiving and the President is rather disgruntled that the family must spend Thanksgiving at Camp David, rather than his New Hampshire farm, because a poll suggests that Americans would prefer that the...
", the Indians are Stockbridge-Munsee.
See also
- Stockbridge, MassachusettsStockbridge, MassachusettsStockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,947 at the 2010 census...
, a town in which the ancestors of the Stockbridge Mohican once lived. Their traditional territory was along the Hudson River Valley.