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The Golden Hill Paugussett is a state-recognized Native American tribe in Connecticut. Granted reservations in a number of towns in the 17th century, their land base was whittled away until they were forced to reacquire a small amount of territory in the 19th century.
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Four school districts in Connecticut will forgo state tribal funding to keep their Native American mascots, nicknames, and branding. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ...
The Golden Hill Paugusett had originally claimed more than 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2) of land during its fight for federal recognition. [1] The tribe's land claim included an area stretching from Middletown to Wilton and from Greenwich, Connecticut, through lower portions of New York 's Westchester County , which set off legal challenges ...
A state historic marker in Trumbull, Connecticut. Trumbull, a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States, was originally home to the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation, and was colonized by the English during the Great Migration of the 1630s as a part of the coastal settlement of Stratford.
The Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation is a Connecticut state-recognized tribe, descendants of the Paugussett (also Paugusset) Nation of Native Americans, who occupied much of western Connecticut prior to the arrival of Europeans. [2] [3] While state-recognized, they have been denied federal recognition. [4]
Lordship, originally called Great Neck, was a “Common Field” worked and owned by settlers who returned home to the safety of the palisade fort at Academy Hill at night. Richard Mills was the first to build a farmhouse in Great Neck in the western end near present-day Second Avenue.