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Schaghticoke

Schaghticoke

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Proper noun

Schaghticoke

  1. An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
  2. The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
  3. A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
  4. A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Derived terms

  • Schaghticoke Hill, East Schaghticoke (nearby communities)

Noun

Schaghticoke (plural Schaghticokes)

  1. A member of this tribe.