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unusual facts about Brothertown Indians


Brothertown Indians

Upon arrival, the Brothertown cleared their communal land and began farming, after building a church near Jericho.


Calumet County, Wisconsin

In the 1830s, the United States government relocated Native Americans from New York State and New England to the southwest part of the county; these included the Brothertown Indians, Oneida Indians, and Stockbridge-Munsee Indians.

Samson Occom

In the 1820s, many Brothertown Indians and some Oneida accepted payment for their land from New York State and removed to what is now known as the Town of Brothertown in Calumet County, Wisconsin.

Tunxis

In 1774, the Tunxis decided to sell their remaining lands and use the proceeds to move to the Brothertown settlement in the Oneida territory in New York.


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