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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.
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]
The Trumbull area was the home of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation for thousands of years before the English settlement was made in 1639. After independence, the successful American Yankees named the town in after one of their own, Jonathan Trumbull (1710–1785), a merchant, Patriot (American soldier) and statesman.
In the early 1990s, Southbury was the subject of a lawsuit by the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation. The 100-member tribe sought to take the land of roughly 1,200 property holders in the town. The 100-member tribe sought to take the land of roughly 1,200 property holders in the town.
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.
Trinity Church in Southport, photographed in 1966. The indigenous village of Sasqua, inhabited by Quiripi language speakers, was located in the area. Members of that community later formed the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation.
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Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation; P. Aurelius H. Piper Sr. Q. Quiripi language This page was last edited on 18 August 2023, at 18:26 (UTC). Text is available ...