The Tribal Council of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is sounding an alarm about unaffiliated groups including one based in the Berkshires that may be seeking to
The Select Board has approved a plan to form a Stockbridge Mohican Commission, including three locals and three tribal members, to foster closer collaboration with descendants of the town’s original
The significant documents recovered from the Old Town Hall will be repatriated to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of the Mohicans, following approval by lawmakers of a bill advanced by state
When the Berkshire Museum returned a pair of moccasins and a wampum pouch to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, it was officially deemed a “transfer of custody.” But
STOCKBRIDGE â For descendants of the townâs original settlers, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, a return to their ancestral homelands always packs a powerful, emotional punch.
That was especially evident last week, as several tribal members dedicated a new public exhibit at the Trustees of Reservationsâ Mission House at 19 Main St. Artifacts from the Mohican Nationâs archives went on display, curated from their museum in Bowler, Wis., in the area where the descendants have resided since the 1850s, after their forced exile from Stockbridge and a long westward journey, enduring tremendous hardship.
In the 1730s, after the 125-member tribe arrived from New Yorkâs Upper Hudson Valley, Stockbridge â it originally was named Indian Town â was settled as a missionary community for the Mohicans and English to coexist and co-govern. The Rev. John Sergeant, an English settler, created a mission house in the town to promote Christiani