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Early Ancestors

Originally, the Native people who made up the Brothertown Tribe and the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe came from the greater New England area. In the 1770s, the first Brothertown settlement in western New York drew members from the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island; the Pequot, Mohegan, and Niantic tribes in southeastern Connecticut; the Tunxis and Wangunk tribes in north-central Connecticut; and the Montauk tribe on Long Island.

MPM’s Native American galleries on the Second Floor illustrate the connection that America’s first people had with the land.

Their ingenuity and ability to adapt to their surroundings supported them as they settled across a broad range of environments and developed into hundreds of culturally diverse tribes.

November is National Native American Heritage Month! 

This month is a time to reflect on and recognize the significant contributions Native Americans have made and continue to make in the United States. Our featured exhibit is A Tribute to Survival. We invite you to join us in learning and exploring!

Both archaeology and ethnology materials are strongly represented in the MPM collections.

Currently there are approximately 57,000 catalogued items or lots in archaeology, with approximately 36,000 catalogued items in ethnology.