Mohegan Tribe

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Mohegan Tribe

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Ancestral Homeland: Connecticut
Various Spellings: Mohegan, Mohican

Tribal Headquarters

Mohegan Indian Tribe
13 Crow Hill Road
Uncasville, CT 06382
Phone: 800-664-3426
Website

History

Brief Timeline

1637: Allies with the British to subdue the Pequot

1675-1676: King Philip's War the Mohegan warriors fought with the English against the Narragansetttribe.

Additional References

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Mohegan tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

*1795 - Joslyn, Roger D. "The 1795 Census of Brothertown Indians Oneida County," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 141, No. 3 (Jul. 2010):213-218. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 141.

Websites

• Constitution of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
• The Mohegan Tribe Homepage
• Mohegan Tribe Wikipedia

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