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55-491: Tantaquidgeon is a Mohegan name and may refer to People [ edit ] Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005), a Mohegan medicine woman Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (born 1960), a Mohegan historian and storyteller Other [ edit ] Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, a museum of the Mohegans on Mohegan Hill, Uncasville, Connecticut [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

110-529: A dynamic role in Mohegan culture, including, but not limited to, being a tool to connect one to one's ancestors. The early 1600s were a critical period of change for Connecticut tribes. The pressure from rapidly expanding European settlements created competition for land and resources, while new infectious diseases were decimating Indian populations. Within the Pequot Tribe at that time, a dispute erupted between

165-611: A revolving loan program that will help regional small businesses create jobs. The tribe is the first and only non-bank investor in such a program in Connecticut. In 2012, the Tribe hosted the annual U.S. Sustainable and Responsible Investing conference. As of 2012, they had invested more than any individual government agency in SRI efforts. In 2020, the tribe donated more than 50,000 dollars of food and donated other products to Montville Senior Center,

220-677: A strong advocate for ensuring that Connecticut's communities get a greater share of slot revenues. It proposed a successful initiative to modify the funding formula so that communities most affected by the casinos receive additional funds from the Pequot-Mohegan Fund. In addition, the Mohegan Tribe pays the Town of Montville $ 500,000 each year in lieu of taxes. The Tribe is a partner in the Community Economic Development Fund,

275-411: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mohegan At the time of European contact, the Mohegan and Pequot were a unified tribal entity living in the southeastern Connecticut region, but the Mohegan gradually became independent as the hegemonic Pequot lost control over their trading empire and tributary groups. The name Pequot was given to

330-493: Is now the leader of the "Hamilton group." Despite their contentious histories and disagreements, both groups continued to participate in tribal activities and to identify as members of the Mohegan people. The Hamilton band of Mohegans continues to function and govern themselves independently of the MTIC, holding periodic gatherings and activities in their traditional territory of south-central Connecticut. The last living native speaker of

385-700: The Mohegan language , Fidelia "Flying Bird" A. Hoscott Fielding , died in 1908. The Mohegan language was recorded primarily in her diaries, and in articles and a Smithsonian Institution report made by the early anthropologist , Frank Speck . Her niece, Gladys Tantaquidgeon , worked to preserve the language. Since 2012, the Mohegan Tribe has established a project to revive its language and establish new generations of native speakers. The Mohegan people have always had extensive knowledge of local flora and fauna, of hunting and fishing technologies, of seasonal adaptations, and of herbal medicine, as practices passed down through

440-657: The Mohegan people . Their reservation is the Mohegan Indian Reservation , located on the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut . In 1997, the Mohegan Tribe's Council of Elders adopted a vision statement reflecting their identity and roots, stating the tribe’s commitment to ancestry, learning, and the environment. This is reflected in the constitution. Mohegan's independence as a sovereign nation has been documented by treaties and laws for over 350 years, such as

495-639: The Pequot War of 1636, which broke the power of the formerly dominant Pequot tribe in the region. In reward, the Colonists gave Pequot captives to the Mohegan tribe. The Mohegan homelands in Connecticut include landmarks such as Trading Cove on the Thames River, Cochegan Rock, Fort Shantok, and Mohegan Hill, where the Mohegan founded a Congregational church in the early 1800s. In 1931, the Tantaquidgeon family built

550-568: The Treaty of Hartford , secured by their Sachem (Chief) Uncas after his cooperation and victory with the English in the Pequot War (1637–1638). Although the Treaty of Hartford established English recognition of the tribe's sovereignty in 1638, after the colonial period and loss of lands, the tribe struggled to maintain recognition of its identity. Legal proceedings started in 1704 . The tribe reorganized in

605-579: The Wappinger of the east bank of the central and lower Hudson River, relocated to central New York to live among the native Oneida people . In time the settlement became known as Stockbridge, New York . During the 1820s the majority of these people removed further west, eventually settling in Wisconsin, where today they constitute the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. These removals inspired

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660-514: The sugar maple as a cough remedy, and the sap as a sweetening agent and to make maple syrup. Although similar in name, the Mohegan are a different tribe from the Mohican , who share similar Algonkian culture and the members of whom constitute another speech community with the greater Algonquian language family. The Mohican (also called the Stockbridge Mohican) were historically based along

715-579: The "Morhicans" (now the Mohegans) and the "Mahicans, Mahikanders, Mohicans, [or] Maikens". In 1735, Housatonic Mohican leaders negotiated with Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher to found the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts , just to the west of the Berkshire Mountains, as a mission village. After the American Revolution , these Mohican people, along with New York Mohicans and members of

770-588: The BIA cited the vital statistics and genealogies as documents that were decisive in demonstrating "that the tribe did indeed have social and political continuity during the middle of the 20th century." As a result, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (MTIC) gained recognition as a sovereign tribal nation. That same year, Congress passed the Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act, which authorized

825-572: The Constitution of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, which they wrote in the 20th century. The Mohegan Nation is governed by the Mohegan people. They elect a Tribal Council of nine Tribal Members and a Council of Elders, composed of seven Tribal Members. All legislative and executive powers of the Tribe not granted to the Council of Elders are vested with the Tribal Council. Marilynn Malerba

880-529: The Fowlers) worked with the attorney Jerome Griner in federal land claims through the 1970s. During this time, a Kent, Connecticut , property owners' organization, with some Native and non-Native members, worked to oppose the Hamilton land claims and the recognition petition for federal recognition, out of fear that tribal nations would take private properties. In 1978, in response to the desires of tribal nations across

935-631: The Mohegan Congregational Church in Montville. BIA researchers used records provided by the Hamilton band, records from the Mohegan Church, and records maintained by Gladys Tantaquidgeon , who had kept genealogy and vital statistics of tribal members for her anthropological research. In 1990, the Fowler group, identifying as the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (MTIC), decided that

990-686: The Mohegan Sun has generated substantial revenues for Connecticut's economy: The tribe is a part owner of the New England Black Wolves National Lacrosse League franchise, and full owner of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun . It is the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports franchise. In 2021, the WNBA introduced new jerseys to reflect the significant role of female leadership in Mohegan tribal tradition. The tribe designed

1045-494: The Mohegan Tribe secured 25 percent of slot revenues to the state to help fund services. It became a model agreement. Connecticut's Native American tribes have generated the highest revenues for the state aside from federal government installations. The government-to-government relationships that have developed between Connecticut and Mohegan have enabled quick resolutions to issues that have been raised, such as regulation of indoor smoking, alcohol service, and state police presence at

1100-578: The Mohegan Tribe's Constitution and laws, profits from Native American gaming support tribal governments' health, education, welfare, and infrastructure. Although tribes are entitled to certain federal grants, by 1997, the Mohegan Tribe was able to return or reject funds. That year, it turned back $ 2.2 million in grant funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for redistribution to other Native American nations. Since its opening in October 1996,

1155-587: The Mohegan by other tribes throughout the northeast and was eventually adopted by themselves. In 1637, English Puritan colonists destroyed a principal fortified village at Mistick with the help of their sachem Uncas , the Christian convert and sagamore Wequash Cooke , and the Narragansetts during the Pequot War . This ended with the death of Uncas' cousin Sassacus near Albany, New York, where he had fled, at

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1210-497: The Mohegan nation, [REDACTED] The Chair of the Indian King . and [REDACTED] Burial of Mazeen .. The first she describes as a rough rocky recess in the region of Mohegan and known as "the chair of Uncas": Mazeen she calls the last of the royal line of the Mohegan nation. Mohegan Reservation The Mohegan Tribe ( / ˈ m oʊ h iː ɡ æ n / ) is a federally recognized tribe and sovereign tribal nation of

1265-557: The Mohegan tribe began to use its 1.3 billion dollar revenue to invest in other tribes. They loaned 3.1 million dollars to the Menominee Tribe and looked into more deals with other tribes. This promotes a tribe-helping-tribe mentality as revenues from Casinos are used largely to support reservation services. In 2016, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana and the Mohegan tribe entered a partnership. The Mohegan tribe helped remodel

1320-562: The Paragon Casino Resort business. As of 2021, the Casino is moving towards being debt-free and was able to reinstate employee benefits. The Tunica-Biloxi tribe has assumed full control over the Casino once again while the Mohegan tribe stepped back. Both tribes chairmen have described the positive benefits that had been gained as a result of this collaboration. The Mohegan Tribe has used gaming to generate revenue for economic development of

1375-482: The Pequot Sachem Sassacus and the leader Uncas . Uncas left with his followers, who called themselves the Mohegan (Mohics) , or Wolf People, like their ancestors. Each tribe had its own idea of how to deal with conflicts with the English and other Europeans. Uncas (1598–1683) became Sachem of the Mohegan Tribe, which favored collaboration with the English colonists. The Pequot under Sassacus chose to fight

1430-735: The Pequot. Uncas settled his people in a village at Shantok on the Thames River , which the Tribe defended from a Narragansett invasion. It was sparked by related European as well as Indian conflicts. Finally, the Mohegan Tribe's alliance with the English kept its people relatively safe during the colonists' attacks on Native Americans during King Philip's War and afterward. The Mohegan Tribe has created and maintained an independent governmental structure since before Europeans arrived in North America. The Mohegan Government has evolved to exercise complete civil and criminal jurisdiction over their lands using

1485-572: The Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum on Mohegan Hill to house tribal artifacts and histories. Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005) served for years as the Tribe's medicine woman and unofficial historian. She studied anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and worked for a decade with the Bureau of Indian Affairs . Returning to Connecticut, she operated this museum for six decades. It was one of

1540-681: The Town of Montville , New London County . The MTIC operate the Mohegan Sun Casino on their reservation in Uncasville and the Mohegan Pennsylvania racetrack and casino near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . The Mohegan Indian Tribe was historically based in central southern Connecticut, originally part of the Pequot people . It gradually became independent and served as allies of English colonists in

1595-513: The Tribe, its members, and the surrounding communities. The Mohegan Tribe operates its casinos and resorts through Mohegan, previously known as Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority and then as Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment until May 2022. The organization develops and manages resorts in the United States, Canada, and Northern Asia. Mohegan's original casino, Mohegan Sun, directly employs about 10,000 individuals. As mandated by federal law and

1650-586: The United States government as the "successor in interest to the aboriginal entity known as the Mohegan Indian Tribe." The United States took land into trust the same year, under an act of Congress to serve as a reservation for the tribe. Most of the Mohegan people in Connecticut today live on the Mohegan Reservation at 41°28′42″N 72°04′55″W  /  41.47833°N 72.08194°W  / 41.47833; -72.08194 near Uncasville in

1705-623: The United States to take land into trust to establish a reservation for the Mohegan and settle their land claim. The final 1994 agreement between MTIC and the State in the settlement of land claims extinguished all pending land claims. The MTIC adopted a written constitution . MTIC is governed by a chief, an elected chairman and an elected tribal council, all of whom serve for specific terms. The Mohegan people associated with Sachem John Hamilton persist as an independent group today. In his will, Hamilton named his non-Mohegan wife, Eleanor Fortin as Sachem. She

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1760-632: The United States, including New Jersey, Washington, and Pennsylvania. In 2018, Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment was awarded the management contract for the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ontario under a 21-year contract beginning in June 2019. This marked its first properties in Canada. In September 2019, the company was also awarded a contract to operate

1815-624: The United Way of Southeastern Connecticut, and Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Bank in New London. They provided 10,000 grocery bags to a food bank in Connecticut during this time, as well as gloves and masks to local medical professionals. A member of the Mohegan Tribe sits on the board of trustees for the University of Connecticut . In the past, Native American tribes had depended on outside resources to fund new developments for Casinos. In 2004,

1870-467: The Wolf". Over time, the Mohegan gradually lost ownership of much of their tribal lands. In 1978, Chief Rolling Cloud Hamilton petitioned for federal recognition of the Mohegan. Descendants of his Mohegan band operate independently of the federally recognized nation. In 1994, a majority group of Mohegan gained federal recognition as the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (MTIC). They have been defined by

1925-458: The casino at the new Virgin Hotels Las Vegas , located on the former Hard Rock Hotel and Casino site. This made them the first Native American tribe to operate a Las Vegas casino. In May 2024, Mohegan and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas announced the end of their partnership, with the tribe expected to have exited by 2025. To promote its environmentally friendly philosophy, the tribe invested in

1980-459: The colonists, and other local tribes took sides in the Pequot War , which lasted from 1637 to 1638. Seeing the significant losses brought on by ongoing fighting, Uncas decided to befriend the European invaders. This controversial decision led to an uneasy alliance between Uncas and the Mohegan people with the English in the ensuing war with the Pequot (1637–1638). The Mohegan helped the English defeat

2035-463: The country to gain federal recognition and recover tribal sovereignty, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) established a formal administrative process. The process included specific criteria that BIA officials would judge as evidence of cultural continuity. In that same year, Hamilton's band submitted a petition for federal recognition for the Mohegan tribe. The petition process stalled when John Hamilton died in 1988. The petition for federal recognition

2090-667: The education of tribal members. (Mohegan Constitution, 1996, Article X, Section 2, h). Before the seventeenth century, the Mohegan were part of the Pequot Tribe, which emerged among Algonquian peoples located in present south central New England. Their life revolved around the outdoors, sustaining themselves through farming what is referred to as the Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash, as well as sunflowers. As needed, they hunted and gathered various game and wild flora. Mohegan language contains many words related to stones. Stones play

2145-407: The first museums to be owned and operated by American Indians. In 1933, John E. Hamilton (Chief Rolling Cloud) was appointed as a Grand Sachem by his mother Alice Storey through a traditional selection process based on heredity. She was a direct descendant of Uncas and of Tamaquashad, Sachem of the Pequot tribe. In Mohegan tradition, the position of tribal leadership was often hereditary through

2200-467: The generations. Gladys Tantaquidgeon was instrumental in recording herbal medicinal knowledge and folklore, and in comparing these plants and practices to those of other Algonquian peoples like the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) and Wampanoag, For example, an infusion of bark removed from the south side of the silver maple tree is used by the Mohegan for cough medicine. The Mohegan also use the inner bark of

2255-611: The hands of the Mohawk , an Iroquois Confederacy nation from west of the Hudson River . Thereafter, the Mohegan became a separate tribal nation under the leadership of Uncas. Uncas is a variant anglicized spelling of the Algonquian name Wonkus, which translates to "fox" in English. The word Mohegan (pronounced / ˈ m oʊ h iː ɡ æ n / ) translates in their respective Algonquin dialects ( Mohegan-Pequot language ) as "People of

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2310-602: The jerseys in a collaborative effort involving the Chief, Council of Elders, tribal council, and medicine woman. Each symbol on the jersey was chosen to correspond to a part of tribal history and identity. A tribe-affiliated company also owns Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey , and Inspire Entertainment Resort located in Incheon , South Korea . Additionally, it is affiliated with other resorts throughout Northern Asia and

2365-608: The late 20th century and filed a federal land claims suit, seeking to regain land that the state of Connecticut had illegally sold. As part of the settlement, the Mohegan Nation gained federal recognition by the United States government in 1994. That year the US Congress passed the Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act. The US authorized the cleaned-up United Nuclear site for use as Mohegan reservation lands , and

2420-568: The maternal line. In the 1960s, during a period of rising activism among Native Americans, John Hamilton filed a number of land claims authorized by the "Council of Descendants of Mohegan Indians." The group had some 300 members at the time. In 1970 the Montville band of Mohegans expressed its dissatisfaction with land-claims litigation. When the Hamilton supporters left the meeting, this band elected Courtland Fowler as their new leader. Notes of that Council meeting referred to Hamilton as Sachem . The group led by John Hamilton (although opposed by

2475-581: The myth of the "Last of the Mohicans." Most of the descendants of the Mohegan tribe, by contrast, have continued to live in New England, and particularly in Connecticut, since the colonial era. Lydia Sigourney published her poem [REDACTED] The Rival Kings of Mohegan, contrasted with the Rival Brothers of Persia . in her 1827 collection of poetry. In that same collection are two other poems relating to

2530-452: The property was transferred to the United States in trust for the tribe. Gaining a sovereign reservation enabled the Mohegan to establish gaming operations on their lands to generate revenue for welfare and economic development of their tribe. They opened the Mohegan Sun casino on October 12, 1996, near the former Fort Shantok site above the Thames River. With revenues from the casino,

2585-492: The reservation. The tribe provides a large source of revenue to the State of Connecticut, paying more than each corporation in the state combined. The Mohegan Tribe used its own funds to pay for the $ 35 million access road that enables visitors to reach Mohegan Sun without tying up Montville roads. The tribe has worked closely with its neighbors and provided the funding for an $ 11 million regional water project in order to ensure safe, clean drinking water . The tribe has been

2640-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantaquidgeon&oldid=988504032 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

2695-427: The settlement under the Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act (1994). The US took into trust the cleaned-up United Nuclear site for use by the Mohegan as a sovereign reservation . Since 1996, the tribe has slowly been buying pieces of their original land back. The Tribe opened the Mohegan Sun casino in 1996, two years after gaining federal recognition. The compact created between Connecticut and

2750-974: The tribe donates to charitable organizations throughout Connecticut and invests in the development of tribal businesses throughout the United States. In 1997 the Mohegan Tribe's Council of Elders adopted the following Vision Statement: In the Mohegan Constitution, the tribe outlines it goals as: 1) To establish and enforce rules of tribal custom…for the management of tribal society, including  but not limited to, the  conduct  of  tribal  ceremonies  and rituals. (Mohegan Constitution, 1996, Article X, Section 2, h) (2)  To  promote  and  protect  the  health,  peace, morals,  and  general  welfare  of the Tribe ; and  its  members,  and  to  establish  traditional  policies  regarding

2805-572: The tribe has acted as a democratic representative nation. A constitution was drafted in 1983 and has undergone several revisions and amendments since. The Council of Elders upholds and interprets this document. Following the Congressional passage of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act , the Mohegan Nation used its cooperative relationship with the State of Connecticut to negotiate a gaming compact. It gained federal recognition in 1994 and received land in

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2860-444: The tribe's membership would be restricted to documented descendants from a single family group, ca. 1860. This criterion excludes some of the Hamilton followers. By law, a Federally recognized tribe has the authority to determine its own rules for membership. The MTIC unsuccessfully attempted to stop other Mohegan people from using "Mohegan" as their tribal identity, in public records and in craftwork. In its 1994 "Final Determination",

2915-421: The upper Hudson River in present-day eastern New York and along the upper Housatonic River in western Massachusetts. In the United States, both tribes have been referred to in various historic documents by the spelling "Mohican", based on mistakes in translation and location. But, the Dutch colonist Adriaen Block , one of the first Europeans to record the names of both tribes, clearly distinguished between

2970-406: Was named the 18th lifetime chief of the Mohegan Tribe on August 15, 2010, and is the first female chief in modern history to hold this position. The Council of Elders oversees judicial matters and the tribe's cultural integrity. It also exercises legislative powers with respect to rules governing tribal membership and enrollment. The Tribal Court adjudicates on all non-gaming matters. Historically,

3025-440: Was revived in 1989, but the BIA's preliminary finding was that the Mohegan had not satisfied the criteria of documenting continuity in social community, and political authority and influence as a tribe through the twentieth century. In 1990, the Mohegan band led by Chief Courtland Fowler submitted a detailed response to meet the BIA's concerns. The tribe included compiled genealogies and other records, including records pertaining to

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