THE PEQUOT INHABITED MUCH OF WHAT IS NOW CONNECTICUT IN THE 17TH CENTURY. THE PEQUOT WAR AND MASSACRE ELIMINATED THEM AS A VIABLE ENTITY IN SOUTH NEW ENGLAND.
TODAY TWO SMALL NATIONS INHABIT THE AREA OF CONNECTICUT, THE MASHANTUCKET AND EASTERN PEQUOT NATION. THEIR NAME MAY HAVE MEANT MEN OF THE SWAMP. THEY WERE PEQUOT AND MOHEGAN. HISTORIANS THINK THEY MIGRATED ABOUT 1500 FROM HUDSON VALLEY RIVER TOWARD CONNECTICUT. THEY WERE INDIGENOUS HERE FOR 1000'S OF YEARS.
IN 1616 TO 1619 THEY HAD A SMALLPOX INVASION THAT KILLED 90% OF NATIVE INHABITANTS. IN 1637 THEY HAD A PEQUOT WAR. THE ENGLISH FOUGHT AGAINST AGAINST THEM AND ENSLAVED SOME FOR SERVANTS AND MANY WENT TO BERMUDA. BY 1683 TWO RESERVATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE TRIBES. THEY BECAME ENTREPRENEURS. EVENTUALLY THESE TRIBAL POPULATIONS GREW AND THEY ESTABLISHED NEW LAND BASES.
IN 1976 THEY GOT ASSISTANCE TO RECOVER LAND THAT HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY SOLD BY THE STATE IN 1856. THEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT AFTER 7 YEARS AND GOT COMMUNITY, STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION. IN 1983 CONGRESS GAVE THEM FEDERAL TRIBAL RECOGNITION ENABLING THEM TO REPURCHASE AND THAT WAS PLACED IN TRUST WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. THEY NOW HAVE 1200 ACRES. THEY OPERATE A RESTAURANT, MUSEUM, AND CASINO.
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