The Metoac was part of the indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands and which other cultural group?
Metoac 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.
Tonawanda Band of Seneca The Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians is a federally recognized tribe in the State of New York. They have maintained the traditional form of government led by hereditary Seneca chiefs ("sachems") selected by clan mothers. The Seneca are one of the original Five Nations (later six) of the "Haudenosaunee" or Iroquois Confederacy. Their people speak the Seneca language, an Iroquoian language.