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Posted on Thursday, July 19 @ 09:53:38 CDT

Who were the Mohegan Indians? KEYWORDS: mohegan indian tribe new england indian tribes conneticut indians algonquin indians mohegan and Pequot mahican thames river indians Uncas Sassacus

The Mohegan Indians were native north americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock.

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Also called the Mohican, they were the eastern branch of the Mahican. In the early 17th century, the Mohegan occupied most of southeastern Connecticut. Their chief village was on the site of the present village of Mohegan on the Thames River.

When European settlers arrived in this region, the Mohegan and the Pequot were one tribe, living under the rule of Sassacus. Later Uncas, a subordinate chief, rebelled against Sassacus and assumed the leadership of a small group on the Thames River near Norwich. This group was known as the Mohegan.

After the fall of Sassacus the greater part of the Pequot joined the Mohegan, who in 1643 numbered some 2,300. The Mohegan, supported by the British, became one of the most powerful tribes in southern New England.

As white settlements were extended, the Mohegan sold most of their land and accepted a reservation on the Thames; others joined with neighboring tribes. By the early 19th century, the Mohegans were practically extinct, although they became known to the world with the publication in 1826 of James Fenimore Cooper’s novel "The Last of the Mohicans."

In 1990 there were about 1,000 Mohegan in the United States. They gained federal recognition as a tribe in 1994. In 1996 the tribe opened a casino and resort on its reservation in Montville, Conneticut.

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