Metoac

Metoac is an erroneous term used by some to group together the Munsee-speaking Lenape (west), Quiripi-speaking Unquachog (center) and Pequot-speaking Montaukett (east) American Indians on what is now Long Island in New York state.

"Metoac" as a collective term may have been derived by Wood from metau-hok, the Algonquian word for the rough periwinkle,[3] the shell of which small sea snail was used to make wampum, a means of exchange which played an important role in the culture and economy of the region before and after the arrival of Europeans.

[6] Native Americans in the west and in the central part of Long Island were more closely associated with bands of the same people in southwestern Connecticut, Eastern Pennsylvania, Lower Hudson Valley in New York, New Jersey and Delaware.

The Dutch attempted to establish jurisdiction from New Amsterdam over the western portion of Long Island (including what are now the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens).

[citation needed] By this time, Samson Occom had persuaded many survivors to join the Brothertown Indians in western upstate New York, where the Oneida people of the Iroquois Confederacy shared their reservation for several years.

[clarification needed] New York State has officially recognized the self-identified Shinnecock and the Unkechaug on Long Island as Native American tribes.

[10] The Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, George T. Skibine, issued the final determination of the tribe's recognized status on June 13, 2010.

A modern map showing Long Island and most of New York City highlighted in green with locations exonyms applied to Native Americans that lived there [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
A modern map broadly showing language areas in the Mid-Atlantic region at the time of European contact in the 17th century [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Modern map showing linguistic groups, including areas where modern reservations are located