Organizations

Lcnaf uri	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017232
Organization name	Brothertown indians
Other names	Brotherton;Nientken;Wapanachki
Org type	Indian group
Bio notes	The Brothertown or Brotherton Indians, now mostly located in Wisconsin, are a Christian tribe formed from the remnants of several Algonquian-speaking New England peoples—Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansetts—after severe disease- and war-related depopulation in the late 18th century. Led by the hereditary Mohegans Samson Occom (also a Presbyterian minister) and Joseph Johnson, and faced with the pressure of advancing settlers, the Brothertown Indians emigrated to New York land granted by the Oneida in the 1780s where they founded the eponymous settlement. In 1831 they moved to Wisconsin, again followed by the tide of settlers. To preempt future resettlement attempts, the Brothertown petitioned for individual rather than tribal land ownership as well as United States citizenship, both of which were granted in 1839 at the cost of losing their status as a sovereign nation. Brothertown sometimes refers to the settlement in New Jersey existing before the inhabitants moved to the Brothertown settlement in New York State.
See also	Mohegan indians, Algonquin indians, Delaware indians, Montauk indians, Stockbridge indians, Shinicock Indians, Mahican Indians
Citations	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothertown_Indians;CD;https://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-157.html