Wawyachtonoc (also rendered Wyachtonok, Wawayachtonoc, and Wyaghtonok) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people indigenous to east central New York and northwest Connecticut.
In 1687, the Wyachtonok,originally subgroup of Paugussett, joined the Mohican Confederacy.
The majority of the Wawyachtonoc were converted to Christianity, beginning in 1740, by Moravian missionaries.[1] During this period Wawyachtonoc populations became concentrated at the Moravian missions at Shekomeko and Schaghticoke.[2]
In the 1830s the some Wawyachtonoc were displaced to Wisconsin. These Wawyachtonoc descendants are now part of the Stockbridge–Munsee Community and Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin, while those that remained in Connecticut are part of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, a state-recognized tribe.
- ^ Handbook of North American Indians: Northeast. Smithsonian Institution. 1978.
- ^ Ricky, Donald (1998-01-01). Encyclopedia of New Jersey Indians: Encyclopedia of Native Peoples. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-403-09331-1.