Mahican
"Mohican" redirects here. For other uses, see Mohican (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the Mohegans, a different Algonquian-speaking tribe living in eastern (upper Thames valley) Connecticut. Mahican Muhhekunneuw Historic territory of the Mahicans Total population c. 3,000 Regions with significant populations United States (Shawano County, Wisconsin) Languages English (originally Mahican) Religion Moravian Church Related ethnic groups Lenape, Mohegan, Pequot The Mahican ( / m ə ˈ h iː k ən / or Mohican / m oʊ ˈ h iː k ən / ) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that was Algonquian-speaking. As part of the Algonquian family of tribes, they were related to the abutting Lenape, who occupied territory to the south as far as the Atlantic coast. The Mahican occupied the upper Hudson River Valley (around the confluence of the Mohawk River, where present-day Albany, New York, developed) and into western New England centered on pr...