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In Chatham, one was established for a man named Sawsean and his descendants. The third, 300 acres in size, was established for Sowheag, the sachem of Mattabesett, and the Native peoples of Mattabesett. [6] In a 1761 survey of indigenous peoples in Connecticut, local Native peoples still resided at "Mattabéeset (at Wongunck, opposite Middletown ...
The Niantic (Nehântick or Nehantucket) are a tribe of Algonquian-speaking American Indians who lived in the area of Connecticut and Rhode Island during the early colonial period. The tribe's name Nehântick means "of long-necked waters"; area residents believe that this refers to the "long neck" or peninsula of land known as Black Point ...
A map of the traditional territory of Mahican affiliated tribes. The Wawyachtonoc are shown in dark green in the bottom right. Wawyachtonoc (also rendered Wyachtonok, Wawayachtonoc, and Wyaghtonok) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people indigenous to east central New York and northwest Connecticut.
American Indian reservations in Connecticut (5 P) S. Schaghticoke tribe (7 P) W. Wappinger (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Connecticut"
Map of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation resrvation. Around 1857 William Sherman (1825–1886), a whaler by trade withdrew from the Liberia community and settled in the village of Nichols Farms in the Town of Trumbull, Connecticut, the site of the 1841-54 Turkey Meadows reservation. In 1875, he purchased a quarter-acre plot of land that ...
The Native Americans that had already settled the Praying towns were interned on Deer Island in Boston Harbor over the winter where a great many perished from starvation and exposure to the elements. Although many of the Native Americans fled to join the uprising, other Native Americans joined the colonists.
Indian reservations in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Pages in category "American Indian reservations in Connecticut" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.