Munsee
Americannoun
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a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
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the Eastern Algonquian language of the Munsee and closely related peoples, originally spoken in the lower Hudson Valley and upper Delaware Valley.
Example Sentences
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Included is a welcome sign and land acknowledgment in the Lenape dialects of Unami and Munsee as well as English.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2020
While only Stuyvesant was originally identified, the new labels also take note of Oratamin, a respected leader of the Hackensack, a Munsee branch of the Lenape.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2019
The narrative, created in 1939, is filled with historical inaccuracies and clichés of Native representation, said Bradley Pecore, a visual historian of Menominee and Stockbridge Munsee descent.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2019
The Munsee delegation returned with a request for 600 fathoms of the beads, the colonists counter-offered only half that; finally they all settled on 400 fathoms.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2015
To the Senate: I transmit a communication from the Department of War, on the subject of the treaty with the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians of September, 1836, which is now before the Senate.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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