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Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Settlements
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.
Pages in category "Connecticut placenames of Native American origin" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Podunk were a Native American people who spoke an Algonquian Quiripi language and lived primarily in what is now known as Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. English colonists adopted use of a Nipmuc dialect word for the territory of this people. The Podunk are likely the Hoccanum people. [2]
Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Campbell suggest an origin from the Mohegan meaning simply "long river".
Location of the Schaghticoke Reservation. The Schaghticoke (/ ˈ s k æ t ɪ k oʊ k / SKAT-i-kohk or / ˈ s k æ t ɪ k ʊ k / SKAT-i-kuuk) are a Native American tribe of the Eastern Woodlands who historically consisted of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, Podunk, and their descendants, peoples indigenous to what is now New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Pages in category "Native American history of Connecticut" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
American Indian reservations in Connecticut (5 P) S. Schaghticoke tribe (7 P) W. Wappinger (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Connecticut"