Mohegan Tribe

Ancestral Homeland: Connecticut Various Spellings: Mohegan, Mohican

Tribal Headquarters
Mohegan Indian Tribe 5 Crow Hill Road Uncasville, CT 06382 Phone: 1.860.862.6100 Fax: 1.860.862.6162


 * The Mohegan Tribe Homepage

Brief Timeline
1637: Allies with the British to subdue the Pequot

1675-1676: King Philip's War the Mohegan warriors fought with the English against the Narragansetttribe.

Additional References
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Mohegan tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records


 * 1795 - Joslyn, Roger D. "The 1795 Census of Brothertown Indians Oneida County," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 141, No. 3 (Jul. 2010):213-218. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.

Websites

 * Constitution of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
 * The Mohegan Tribe Homepage
 * Mohegan Tribe Wikipedia