Connecticut
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5 directory entries · Research in progress
- LenapeHistorical homeland connection
Connection & source
Historical homeland connectionNation's overview names parts of Connecticut. Not statewide territory.
Ancestral geography; community account. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - Mashantucket PequotNation published historical community connection
Connection & source
Nation published historical community connectionThe Nation's history describes Connecticut colonial grants and the Mashantucket community's return to its original land. Only a Connecticut connection is indexed, without reproducing acreage or treating colonial grants as the origin of Pequot rights.
Public content inspected 2026-10-21. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - MoheganPresent community and government location
Connection & source
Present community and government locationThe Mohegan Tribe's Sachem Uncas page explicitly identifies its reservation in southeastern Connecticut. Only this geographical statement is used here, not the page's interpretation of seventeenth-century alliances. Mohegan is not treated as interchangeable with Mohican or Pequot.
Current tribal-site geography statement inspected 2026-10-21. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - PequotSpecific descendant government within broader people entry
Connection & source
Specific descendant government within broader people entryThe Nation situates its Pequot history and Mashantucket community in Connecticut. This supplies one Pequot descendant-government connection and does not equate all Pequot communities with Mashantucket.
Public content inspected 2026-10-21. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Read the supporting source ↗ - QuiripiHistorical language community geography
Connection & source
Historical language community geographyCosta locates Quiripi in southwestern Connecticut, including the Branford mission context of Pierson’s seventeenth-century catechism. Quiripi is a language-related access label, not one government. The study also stresses uncertainty and dialect mixing in the records; language-documentation gaps do not establish disappearance of peoples. Inspection: Actual introduction, printed pp81–83, and Quiripi section, pp116–118. Remaining linguistic analyses were not fully reviewed.
Seventeenth-century documentation analyzed in a 2007 linguistic study. Reviewed 2026-10-21.
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