[PAR] [TLE] Metoac [SEP] Metoac was a term erroneously used to describe Native Americans on Long Island in New York state, in the belief that various bands on the island comprised distinct tribes.  The amateur anthropologist and U.S. Congressman Silas Wood published a book in the 19th century mistakenly claiming that several American Indian tribes were distinct to Long Island, New York.  He collectively called them the Metoac.  Scholars now understand that these historic peoples were part of two major cultural groups: the Lenape and the Wappinger-Wangunk-Quinnipiac peoples, both part of the Algonquian languages family. [PAR] [TLE] Lenape [SEP] The Lenape ( or ), also called the Lenni Lenape and the Delaware, are an indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in Canada and the United States.  They are also called Delaware Indians and their historical territory included present-day New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River watershed, New York City, western Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley.
[PAR] [TLE] Metoac [ SEP ] Metoac was a term erroneously used to describe Native Americans on Long Island in New York state , in the belief that various bands on the island comprised distinct tribes . The amateur anthropologist and U.S. Congressman Silas Wood published a book in the 19th century mistakenly claiming that several American Indian tribes were distinct to Long Island , New York . He collectively called them the Metoac . Scholars now understand that these historic peoples were part of two major cultural groups : the Lenape and the Wappinger - Wangunk - Quinnipiac peoples , both part of the Algonquian languages family . [PAR] [TLE] Lenape [ SEP ] The Lenape ( or ) , also called the Lenni Lenape and the Delaware , are an indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands , who live in Canada and the United States . They are also called Delaware Indians and their historical territory included present - day New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River watershed , New York City , western Long Island , and the Lower Hudson Valley .
The Metoac was part of the indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands and which other cultural group?
The Metoac was part of the indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands and which other cultural group ?
Wappinger-Wangunk-Quinnipiac
Wappinger-Wangunk-Quinnipiac