Indigenous Peoples of Connecticut

The word Connecticut comes from the Indian word Quinnehtukqut meaning "beside the long tidal river"

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Tribes and Bands of Connecticut
The following list of American Indians who have lived in Connecticut has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.

Mahican, Mohegan, Narraganset, Niantic, Nipmuc, Pequot, Schaghticoke, Wappinger

Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe -- The Connecticut State Library has some records for this tribe, 1836-1995. Their collection includes some genealogies.

Mashantucket Pequot, or Western Pequot -- This tribe has been federally recognized since 1983. The Connecticut State Library has some records for this tribe, 1836-1995. Their collection includes some genealogies.

Mohegan Tribe -- The Mohegan Tribe also has a tribal web site.

Pauckatuck Pequot or Eastern Pequot -- The Connecticut State Library has some records for this tribe, 1836-1995. Their collection includes some genealogies.

Schaghticoke Tribe

New England Confederation: Paugussett, Naugatucks, Pootatuck, Wepawaug and Pequannock

Tribes Recognized by the State of Connecticut
Paucatuck Eastern Pequot, and Schaghticoke Indian Tribe

Reservations

 * Corun Hill Reservation (1680 in Huntington)
 * Eastern Pequot Reservation
 * Golden Hill Reservation (1650's near Statford)
 * Mashantucker Reservation (State, 1667 for Western Pequot's)
 * Mohegan Indian Reservation
 * Paucatuch Reservation (Eastern Pequot)
 * Pequot Reservation (State, Tribes: Pequot and Mohegan in Fairfield and New London Counties)
 * Schaghticoke Reservation (near Kent)
 * Turkey Hill Reservation (1674)

For a current reservation map - Connecticut - Indian Reservations- The National Atlas of the United States of America. Federal Lands and Indian Reservations. by the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Geological Survey.

Reference


 * Isaacs, Katherine M., Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America, U.S. Data Sourcebook Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations Appendix E, Indian reservations, Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991,

Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices. The British government and the Colony of Connecticut also tried to maintain a working relationship with the tribes of Connecticut during the colonial period.

No agencies have been located for Connecticut.

Trading Post
Leaping Deer (1979)

Archives, Libraries, Societies and Repositories

 * National Archives: Record Group 72, The Kansas Claims. The claims include compensation of the Brotherton and Stockbridge Indians for land lost what removed. The claims include genealogical information on several generations and may lead back to New York and New England.
 * Dartmouth College
 * Hamilton College
 * The Indian and Colonial Research Center: 39 Main Street, Old Mystic, Ct 06372, www.theicre.org  or [mailto:wwwicrco6372@yahoo.com wwwicrco6372@yahoo.com]
 * Rhode Island Historical Society has the Campbell and LaFantasie Collection a chronological collection of Narragansett and Niantic documents.
 * New England Historical Genealogical Society has resources on New England Native peoples. One of their collection is the Brotherton Indian Collection, MSS 395.  Once known as the Rudi and Will Ottery Papers.The Brotherton Indian Collection contains Tribal Rolls 1833-1986, Brotherton Enrollment Records, Historirical records, Individual Files and Descents from Brotherton Ancestors.
 * Mashantucket Pequot Library and Research Center

See also:
Connecticut - History

Connecticut Military Records for a list of forts