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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records
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Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Mohegan Tribe

Tribes Recognized by the State of Connecticut
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation The Golden Hill Paugussett Schaghticoke Tribal Nation

Tribes Not Recognized or No longer are Active in 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.In 1709 the tribe moved to Brothertown, New York then in 1800's to Wisconsin where they joined the Brotherton Mohegan live near Norwich in New London County.

Pauckatuck Pequot or Eastern Pequot -- The Connecticut State Library has some records for this tribe, 1836-1995. Their collection includes some genealogies. Pequot Indians own land in New London County at Ledyard and Stonington.

Schaghticoke Tribe Some Schaghticoke and Scaticook live in Litchfield County

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

The Indians of Connecticut. By Harold Clayton Bradshaw. FS Library book 970.1 B729ic

American Indians in Connecticut, Past to Present. By Mary E. Guillette. FS Library|625773|disp=FS Library book 970.1 G945a WorldCat

Reservations in Connecticut
Five tribes have reservations in Connecticut, two of these are federal reservations. Information on the size of reservations is approximate and was provided by Ed Sarabia of the Connecticut Indian Affairs Council and, for the Mashantucket Pequot reservation, by Richard Kehoe of the Attorney General's office.

1. The Golden Hill Paugussett tribe has a ¼-acre state reservation in Trumbull and a 106 acre state reservation in Colchester.

2. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe has 1,400 acres held as federal trust land in Ledyard with the potential for a 2,300-acre federal reservation under the settlement act and agreements.

3. The Mohegan tribe has 409 acres held as federal trust land in Montville and Norwich with the potential for a 700-acre federal reservation under the settlement act and agreements.

4. The Paucatuck Eastern Pequot tribe has a 225-acre state reservation in North Stonington.

5. The Schaghticoke tribe has a 278-acre state reservation in Kent.

Connecticut Indian Schools
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Connecticut Map of Indian Lands
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Connecticut Native Americans Historical Background
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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)
 * Stonington 1683
 * 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,


 * Watson, Larry S. Researching Indians of the Northeast-A Basic Approach Journal of American Indian Family Research, Vol.7 No. 1 1986. FS Library 970.1 J825j

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.
 * The Indian and Colonial Research Center, Old Mystic, Connecticut
 * Rhode Island Historical Society has the Campbell and LaFantasie Collectiona chronological collection of Narragansett and Niantic documents.
 * New England Historic 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) which includes Tribal Rolls 1833-1986, Brotherton Enrollment Records, Historical records, Individual Files and Descents from Brotherton Ancestors.
 * Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, Connecticut
 * FamilySearch Library FamilySearch Catalog Connecticut Native Races