Indigenous Peoples of Connecticut

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

The following list of tribes is compiled from:

Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnonlogy. Bulletin #30 1907.

Swanton, John W. The Indian Tribes of North America.Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnoloby, Bulletin #145.

Tribes and Bands of Connecticut
Hammonassetts, Mahican, Mohegan, Nehanticks, Narraganset, Niantic, Nipmuc, Nipnet or Nipmucks, Paugussett, Pequannock, Pequot, Podunk, Ponus, Quiripeys or Quinnipiac, Sachem, Schaghticoke, Sachemdom or Montewese, Wangum, Wongunk, Wappinger, Wasc-ssux, Wepawaugs, Winnipiacs

Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe

Mashantucket Pequot

Mohegan Tribe

Golden Hill Paugussett tribe

Paugesset Pequot

Schaghticoke Tribe

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

Reservations
Corun Hill Reservation (1680 in Huntington)

Eastern Pequot Reservation

Golden Hill Reservation (1650's near Statford)

Mashantucker Reservation (1667 for Western Pequot's)

Pequot Reservation

Schaghticoke Reservation (near Kent)

Turkey Hill Reservation (1674)

See also:

Connecticut - History LINK