Massachusett
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts
The word “Massachusett” meant “at the great hill.” The Massachusett tribe (from whom the state gets its name) inhabited a coastal region centered on Massachusetts Bay. To the north, across the Charles River, was the Pawtucket tribe. To the south were the Wampanoag, with the boundary near modern Marshfield. Like other Algonquian-speaking peoples of southern New England, the Massachusett were horticulturists subsisting principally on the corn, beans, and squash raised by the women. Men hunted game to provide meat, and both sexes joined in collecting the rich harvest of fish and...
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