Sakonnet
{{Short description|Native Americans in the United States}}
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|popplace= Little Compton, Rhode Island
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|langs=Massachusett language
|related= Wampanoag people
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The Sakonnet people are Native Americans in the United States, related to the Wampanoag people who spoke a dialect of the Massachusett language. The tribal name was applied to Little Compton, Rhode Island's Sakonnet River, Sakonnet Harbor, and other geographic features.Such as Sakonnet Cove in Mount Hope Bay, Sakonnet Point, and much later to Sakonnet Light.
Alternate spellings
The spelling "Sakonnet" has become accepted because of long use on maps, but the name is sometimes written as 'Sekonnet', 'Seaconnet', 'Sakonnet', 'Saconnet', 'Sakonett', or 'Segonet'.
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Category:Native American tribes in Rhode Island
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