Muhheakannuck Nations at Nu Schodack
The M'heakannuck Nations at Nu Schodack are related multi-generational families whose ancesters lived in what is now the northeastern United States prior to the European influx in the 1600s, especially in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and in eastern Canada.
We are still here. The family of the Sagamore Michael J. D'Amico, Tunxis, began returning to Manhattan, the Bronx and other parts of New York City from Farmington, CT in the 1920s.
Some of the ancestors had joined relatives in Farmington, CT as a result of the "Dutch Wars" which began with the 1643 Pavonia Massacre near the present day intersection of Pine Street and Johnston Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey,
during the term of the New Amsterdam Governor, Willem Kieft.
Muhheakannituck
The river that ebbs and flows, named for the people who ebb and flow
The people in Farmington, CT originated with the migration of Esopus families [formerly the Rabbit clan of the Munsee] from the Esopus River area and families of the M'hiacan proper, both from what was then Nu Schodack and is now the Kingston, NY area. This was prior to the Haudenosaunee efforts to be peaceful. They were called Tunxis or Watunxis Esopus in the Treaty of Farmington of 1640 and included families from 34 different nations living there at that time. These include the Six Nations, as well as other Iroquoian related people such as Windent, Eire, etc., four L/D/Nakota nations, plus Ute, Piute, Shoshone, Dine and others who had traveled east while hunting and stayed.
Other families are located in northwestern Connecticut [the 4 Sisters], Hartford, CT [Luc-Luc band], eastern Massachusetts, the Greater New York Metropolitan region, Syracuse, Maine, Florida, and the West Coast.
Where we come from:
The M'heakannuck do not have a creation story like other nations. We moved prior to the disaster which destroyed the land where we were living. We were aware of the dangers to our culture and our survival. We had our stories prior to our move to the island continent. Our prepared moves are probably one of the reasons we remember more than many.
Remembering is an accepted task given prior to the disaster (about 12,000 years ago).
Several versions of the story of our origins have been included as they contain different information. Perhaps some day they will be combined.
This information has been passed from generation to generation for millenia in our language. The variations in details are due to increased ability to remember as energy levels rise and to the decreased use of caution, hiding right out in the open
Wolf, Hawk, Bear
The bear is the leadership/medicine clan of the M'heakannuck.
The wolf clan is predominantely along the M'heakannituck.The bird nations live along the Atlantic coast.
There was a disagreement
between the wolf and the bird clans long ago