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The Munsee (or Minsi or Muncee), called Sanhicans by the Dutch and referred as the "River Indians" because they were found on the west side of the Hudson, are a subtribe of the Lenape, originally constituting one of the three great divisions of that tribe and dwelling along the upper portion of the Delaware River, the Minisink, and the adjacent country in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. From their principal totem they were frequently called the Wolf tribe of the Lenape. They were considered the most warlike portion of the tribe and assumed the leadership in war councils. They were prominent in the early history of New York and New Jersey, being among the first tribes of that region to meet the European invaders.
The Munsee are a subtribe of the Lenape.
Munsee may also refer to:
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Munsee-Delaware Nation, a Lenape First Nation in southwest Ontario, Canada
- Munsee-Delaware Nation Indian Reserve No. 1, part of the above
- Munsee grammar
- Munsee language
- Christian Munsee
- Stockbridge-Munsee Community
- USS Munsee (ATF-107), an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug
Usage examples of "munsee".
One tribe was the Munsee Lenape, or Delaware, who were culturally related to the Algonkian.