The Mohegan tribe is an Algonquian-speaking tribe that lives in the eastern upper Thames valley of Connecticut.^[1] The Mohegan were originally a conjoined tribe with the Pequot until the period of European contact in the 17th century, briefly coming under Pequot rule in the 1630s until the dominant tribe was destroyed in 1637.^[1] The tribe gained federal recognition in 1994, and currently operates the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, as well as a casino at Pocono Downs, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Contents 1 Synonymy 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Synonymy

Although similar in name, the Mohegans are a different tribe from the Mahicans. Both tribes have been referred to as Mohicans, a source of confusion based upon a mistake in translation^[2] Adriaen Block who was one of the first Europeans to refer to both tribes, distinguished between the "Morhicans" and the "Mahicans, Mahikanders, Mohicans, [or] Maikens".^[2]

The Mahicans came from the Hudson River Valley (around Albany, New York). Many moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts after 1780, before the remaining descendants moved to Wisconsin during the 1820s and 1830s.^[3][4] The Mohegan tribe, in contrast to the Mahicans, has mostly remained in New England.

[edit] See also

• Mahican - tribe with similar name
• The Last of the Mohicans
• Mahomet Weyonomon- A sachem who traveled to England in 1735 to seek better and fair treatment of his people

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Brasser, T. J. (1978). Mahican. In B. G. Trigger (Ed.), Northeast (pp. 198-212). Handbook of North American Indian languages (Vol. 15). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Campbell, Lyle; & Mithun, Marianne (Eds.). (1979). The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-74624-5.
• Campbell, Lyle; & Mithun, Marianne. (1979). Introduction: North American Indian historical linguistics in current perspective. In L. Campbell & M. Mithun (Eds.), The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment (pp. 3-69). Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Oberg, Michael Leroy, Uncas, First of the Mohegans (2003). ISBN 0801438772.

[edit] External links

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• Mohegan Tribe Homepage