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Not one tribe but very many small Algonquian groups lived in the area now occupied by New York City:

  • Matinecocks (Queens)
  • Canarsies (Queens)
  • Mespeatches (Brooklyn)
  • Shinnecock (Long Island)
  • Montaukett (Long Island)
  • Manhattan (Yonkers/Manhattan Island)
  • Raritan (Staten Island) - replaced the earlier Sanhican tribe
  • Metoac (Long Island)
  • Corchaug (Cochaug),
  • Manhasset (Manhansick),
  • Massapequa (Marsapequa, Maspeth),
  • Matinecock (Matinecoc),
  • Merrick (Meroke, Merikoke, Meracock),
  • Nesaquake (Missaquogue),
  • Patchogue (Onechechaug, Patchoag),
  • Rockaway (Rechaweygh, Rechquaakie),
  • Secatoag (Secatogue),
  • Setauket (Seatalcat)
  • Unkechaug (Unchachaug, Unquaches, Unquachog, Unquachock, Unchechauge).
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Algonquian was the Indian tribe that lived there be for new york settlement.

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Erie

Seneca

Cayuga

Onondaga

Mohawk

Delaware

Laurentians

Abenaki

Mohican

Oneida

Poospatuck

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The Mohawk indian tribe, that is why they later helped to build New York's many skyscrapers.

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