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    Metoac is an erroneous term used by some to group together the Munsee-speaking Lenape (west), Quiripi-speaking Unquachog (center) and Pequot-speaking Montaukett...
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    The Montaukett ("Metoac"), more commonly known as Montauk, are an Algonquian-speaking Native American people from the eastern and central sections of Long...
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    who were conflated with other Long Island bands into a group called the Metoac, an aggregation which failed to recognize their linguistic differences and...
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    settlements: the four or so Lenape chieftaincies in western Long Island, and Metoac descendants of the prehistoric Woodlands period Windsor culture living on...
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    characterized other portions of the island of the 'Manhattoes'", The Memorial History of the City of New York, James Grant Wilson, New York, 1892 Metoac...
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    were distinct to Long Island, New York. He collectively called them the Metoac. Modern scientific scholarship has shown that in fact two linguistic groups...
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    The Wantagh area was inhabited by the Merokee (or Merikoke) tribe of the Metoac Indians prior to the first wave of European settlement in the mid-17th century...
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    also related to the Mahican people to their immediate north and to the Metoac peoples of Long Island. Wappinger means "easterner" in most Algonkian languages...
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    when the European settlers held the first town meeting. The Mattinecock or Metoac used Long Island Sound as a way to both fish and trade with others. They...
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    however, the band inhabiting this local area was called the Matinecock (Metoac), after their location. Glen Cove was used as a port by the English, and...
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    Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024. "Metoac History". dickshovel.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023...
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    mixed-race tech leader, born and raised in Rockaway Beach. Fort Decatur See Metoac#Exonyms and Toponymy of New Netherland. See New Amsterdam Boyle was also...
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    occupied by the Wecquasgeek; it was a seasonal ground of the Canarsee, a Metoac people who lived across the East River in today's Brooklyn. Canarsee, the...
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    traditional to Long Island; they erroneously became collectively known as the Metoac, a word that has no known Native American origin and means nothing in any...
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    Native American groups, who were often referred to erroneously as the "Metoac" or "Mantinecocks".: 7−12 : 9−10  The Rockaway primarily controlled the...
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  • New Netherland List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin Metoac Ruttenber, E.M.,Indian Tribes of Hudson's River,ISBN 0-910746-98-2 (Hope...
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