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The Mohegan Tribe (/ ˈ m oʊ h iː ɡ æ n /) is a federally recognized tribe and sovereign tribal nation of the Mohegan people. Their reservation is the Mohegan Indian Reservation , located on the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut .
There are only about seven persons that can now speak this language and a few years more and it will be gone forever. It was spoken with little difference by all the Indians upon the East end of Long Island and perhaps the whole Island and the adjoining Islands. George says the Moheags of Connecticut speak the same language.
The Long Island Indians are generally thought to be the largest producers of wampum in the colonial era with much of it being paid as tribute to larger or more powerful tribes. [30] As wampum manufacturing grew during the 1600s, it became an official currency of the colonies until the early 18th century and it was the primary currency used in ...
Lester Skeesuk, a Narraganset-Mohegan, in traditional regalia. The Mohegan are an Algonquian Native American tribe historically based in present-day Connecticut.Today the majority of the people are associated with the Mohegan Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe living on a reservation in the eastern upper Thames River valley of south-central Connecticut. [1]
The Reverend Samson Occom, founder of the Brothertown Indian Nation. The Brothertown Indian Nation (Eeyamquittoowauconnuck) was formed by three leaders of the Mohegan and Pequot tribes of New England and eastern Long Island: Samson Occom (Mohegan/Brothertown), a notable Presbyterian minister to New England Indians and fundraiser for Moor's Indian Charity School—although funds Occom raised ...
Shinnecock Reservation is a Native American reservation for members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in the town of Southampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States.It is the most easterly of the two Native American reservations in Suffolk County; the other being Poospatuck Reservation in the town of Brookhaven.
Montaukett Tribe of Long Island. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/16/1998. [27] North-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. [25] Nuy Keetoowah, Inc. [25] Ohatchee Cherokee Tribe of New York and Alabama. [25] Letter of Intent to Petition 12/16/2002. [27] Receipt of Petition 12/16/2002. [36] Western Mohegan Tribe & Nation of New York.
English colonists arrived on the coast of Connecticut in the 1630s, coming into contact with the Mohegan people, who had been part of the Pequot. [4] Following the Pequot War of 1637, in which the Mohegan had allied with the colonists against the Pequot, Mohegan sachem Uncas ceded all Mohegan lands to the New England Colonies in 1640, with the exception of a reserve of farms and hunting grounds.