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Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nations' Schemitzun: Feast of Green Corn and Dance, 2023

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nations' Schemitzun: Feast of Green Corn and Dance, 2025

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Northeast Indian Wampanoag Abenaki Iroquoian peoples Wendat Menominee Lenni Lenape Kickapoo Mohawk Seneca Ho-Chunk

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