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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 .
[15] As a result, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (MTIC) gained recognition as a sovereign tribal nation. That same year, Congress passed the Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act, which authorized the United States to take land into trust to establish a reservation for the Mohegan and settle their land claim.
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.
Jun. 17—NORWICH — Kevin Brown, the former Mohegan Tribal Council chairman who resigned suddenly in February 2019 amid an ethics investigation, was selected unanimously as the new president of ...
Mohegan Tribal members Bill Donehey and Lisa "Silver Crow" Perreault serve as living examples of Native American contributions to the country's defense. Donehey, 67, of of Uncasville, is a veteran ...
The Mohegan tribe will end its management of Atlantic City's Resorts casino at the end of this year, both parties said Monday. The move will conclude an agreement the tribe's gambling arm, Mohegan ...
The Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claims Settlement of 1994 also followed a judicial ruling in favor of a tribe, but did not extinguish all aboriginal title in the state. Other tribes had pending land claims.
The Mohegan Tribe and Yale New Haven Health on Monday celebrated the official opening of the 8,500-square-foot Uncasville Medical Center at Mohegan Sun, a neighborhood-style clinic providing ...