Stockbridge

noun

Stock·​bridge

ˈstäkˌbrij

plural -s

: a member of the Housatonic band of the Mahican which moved from Massachusetts in 1785 to join the Oneida in northern New York and later united with the Munsee in Wisconsin

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from Stockbridge, Massachusetts

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