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in Shawano County, Wisconsin. The tribe operates a casino there, and in 2010 was awarded two small parcels suitable for casinos in New York State in return for dropping larger land claims there.

The totem (or emblem) of the Wappinger was the "enchanted wolf", with the right paw raised defiantly. By one account, they shared this totem with the Mohicans.

Name

The origin of the name Wappinger is unknown. While the present-day spelling was

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