Sachem

Atalopedes campestris

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Sachem or sagamore is a term for leaders of Algonquian polities along the northeastern coast of North America. It is also now used to refer to non-Royaner leaders in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy such as the councilors of each nation. Sachem and Sagamore are anglicizations of cognate terms (c.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Sachem

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