# Sakonnet

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{{Short description|Native Americans in the United States}}
{{one source|date=June 2024}}
{{infobox ethnic group
|group= Sakonnet 
|poptime= 
|popplace= [Little Compton, Rhode Island](/source/Little_Compton%2C_Rhode_Island)
|rels=
|langs=[Massachusett language](/source/Massachusett_language) 
|related= [Wampanoag people](/source/Wampanoag_people)
}}

The '''Sakonnet''' people are [Native Americans in the United States](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States), related to the [Wampanoag people](/source/Wampanoag_people) who spoke a dialect of the [Massachusett language](/source/Massachusett_language). The tribal name was applied to [Little Compton, Rhode Island](/source/Little_Compton%2C_Rhode_Island)'s [Sakonnet River](/source/Sakonnet_River), Sakonnet Harbor, and other geographic features.<ref>Such as Sakonnet Cove in [Mount Hope Bay](/source/Mount_Hope_Bay), Sakonnet Point, and much later to [Sakonnet Light](/source/Sakonnet_Light).</ref>

==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'.

==References==
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Category:Algonquian peoples
Category:Native American tribes in Rhode Island

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