Chief G’tinemong/Ralph W. Sturges
December 25, 2018
This Mohegan Chief is remembered for successfully guiding the Tribe through the final stages of Federal Recognition, which it obtained in 1994. …[more]
Native Americans
Indian Hill Cemetery and the Vernacular of the Times
September 28, 2018
Indian Hill Cemetery's founders promoted their property as a place to find peace, both with the natural environment and with the area's indigenous past. …[more]
Categories: Everyday Life, Historic Preservation, Middletown, Native Americans
Rediscovering Albert Afraid-of-Hawk
May 29, 2018
Albert Afraid-of-Hawk was born Cetan Kokipa on the Great Sioux Reservation sometime between 1879 and 1881. His birth came at... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Danbury, Emergence of Modern America, Native Americans
Connecticut Declares War Against the Pequot – Today in History: May 1
May 1, 2018
On May 1, 1637, Connecticut Colony declared war against the Pequot. This marked the first declared war in Connecticut between... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Colonization and Settlement, Native Americans, Pequot War, War and Defense
Living Rituals: Mohegan Wigwam Festival
August 16, 2017
The Wigwam festival is a modern version of the ancient Mohegan Thanksgiving for the Corn Harvest, or Green Corn Festival. …[more]
Categories: Belief, Everyday Life, Montville, Native Americans, Popular Culture
Slavery and the Pequot War
November 29, 2016
For some, the existence of slavery in New England is still a little known fact. Even fewer realize that Native... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Colonization and Settlement, Fairfield, Native Americans, Pequot War, Slavery and Abolition, War and Defense
The Story of Connecticut’s Largest State Forest
November 28, 2016
Pachaug State Forest is the largest state forest in Connecticut. Covering approximately 24,000 acres and crossing the borders of numerous... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Environment, Native Americans, Sports and Recreation, Voluntown
Lion Gardiner Helps to Fortify Early Old Saybrook
November 24, 2016
In 1635, the governor of the Saybrook colony hired engineer and soldier Lion Gardiner to build a critically needed fort... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Colonization and Settlement, Exploration and Discovery, John Winthrop Jr., Native Americans, Old Saybrook, Pequot War, War and Defense
America’s Most Devastating Conflict: King Philip’s War
August 12, 2016
The ramifications of this bloody conflict echoed across the centuries. …[more]
Categories: Colonization and Settlement, Native Americans, War and Defense
The Connecticut River
April 28, 2016
The Connecticut River is the longest river in New England. Designated the “long tidal river” by the Algonquian peoples of... Read more » …[more]
