MOHICANS IN VERMONT

NOT ALL OF THE MOHICANS WERE KILLED AS THE MOVIE SAYS. TODAY THEY CALLED THEMSELVES STOCKBRIDGE - MUNSEE AND LIVE NEAR GREENBAY BAY , WISCONSIN. THEY HAVE A RICH HISTORY WITH CONTACTS WITH OTHER TRIBES. BY 1609 HENRY HUDSON A DUTCH SAILOR AND EXPLOERER SAILED ON THE HUDSON RIVER AND MET THE MOHICAN TRIBE. THEY WERE EAGER TO TRADE WITH HIM. HE BEGAN A CULTURAL SHIFT THAT ALTERED THEIR LIFESTYLE FOREVER.

THEY TRADED THEIR ABUNDANT FURS. THE DUTCH LIKED THE FURS AND RETURNED TO ELABORATE ON THE INITIAL TRADES. THEIR TRADING AND INTERACTIONCHANGED AND DILAPIDATED THEIR LAND AND CULTURE.

BY 1628 -1675 THE MOHICAN WERE AT WAR WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS - MOHAWKS. THIS WAR WAS BECAUSE OF THE DUTCH FUR TRADE AND CONTROL OVER THE AREA AND USE OF LAND TO CONTINUE THE TRADING SYSTEM. AFTER THE WAR THE MOHICAN INFLUENCE DECLINED. THEY FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE MOHAWKS. THE MOHICANS LOST MUCH OF THEIR LAND. THEU RELOCATED TO ONEIDA LAND AND IN 1818 THEY RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE LAND IN INDIANA THAT WAS GRANTED TO THEM BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS LAND WAS OCCUPIED BY SETTLERS UNFORTUNATELY. THEY FORMED A VILLAGE WITH THE MUNSEE ON THE WHITE RIVER IN INDIANA. THESE TWO TRIBES FORMED A NEW TRIBE - THE STOCKBRIDGE INDIANS WERE ON A RESERVATION IN GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

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