Meherrin
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Meherrin |
| Ethnie: | MEHERRIN |
| Language: | Tuscaroran |
| Family: | Northern Iroquoian |
| Stock: | Iroquoian |
| Phylum: | Macro-Siouan |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| The Meherrin were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. They lived along the Meherrin river on the Virginia/North Carolina border. They fought with their fellow Iroquoians before most finally confederated with the Tuscarora. A small group remains in North Carolina. |
| Aboriginal Locations Subdivisions [(# of Villages) |
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| Year | History |
| 1650 | Mentioned by Edward Blande after North expedition, called "Maharineck |
| 1670 | Smallpox epidemic sometime after this year |
| 1675 | Adopted a body of Susquehanna from Pennsylvania fleeing Iroquois |
| 1722 | By Treaty of Albany, Iroquois agreed to stop hostilities against Virginia tribes |
| 1761 | Living on Roanoke River |
| 1802 | Many probably went north with the Tuscarora |
| 1975 | Tribe recognized by North Carolina |
| Year | Total VA Population | Source | |
| 1600 | 700 | Mooney estimate | |
| 1699 | 180 | Swanton | |
| 1700 | 150 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1755 | 30 | Swanton | |
| 1761 | 75 | Swanton | |
| 1800 | 50 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Coree, Nottoway, Tuscarora |
| Meherrin Sites: |
| Iroquoian Language Family http://www.native-languages.org/famiro.htm |
| Meherrin Indian Tribal Headquarters http://www.homegrownhandmade.com/T-MMM/MMMSiteDetail.asp?ID=194&Town=Ahoskie |
| Meherrin Indian Tribe http://www.learnnc.org/discover/Hertford/meherrin |
| Meherrin Indian Tribe http://members.inteliport.net/~meherrin/ |
| Meherrin Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/iroquioi/meherrinhist.htm |
| Tuscarora Language http://www.native-languages.org/tuscarora.htm |
| Tuscarora Language http://www.nw.wnyric.org/tuscarora/tuscaroraschool/tuscaror.htm |
| Tuscarora Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_language |
| Tuscarora Language http://www.languagegeek.com/rotinonhsonni/tuscarora.html |
| Tuscarora Language http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=TUS |
| Tuscarora Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=TUS |
| Winton, NC History http://www.wintonnc.com/history.htm |
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