It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we on the MCLA campus are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all. -- Statement used with permission of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community
The descendants of the people who originally inhabited the Berkshires are the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. Other names used to refer to this tribal nation throughout history include:
The Mohican people are not to be confused with the Mohegan people, who live in southeastern Connecticut.