Part 4 of an ongoing series on the history of Native American Territory as told through maps. This series is tagged as "Native American Map Series". It is recommended to visit all the Further Info links listed below for further study.
Connecticut
As this Wikipedia page illustrates, there are quite a few places in Connecticut that have names of Native American origin:
- Natick - Place of Hills
- Housatonic - translated as "beyond the mountains"
- Niantic River and Niantic village – For the Niantic tribe, called the Nehântick or Quinnipiac River – "long water land".
- Hammonasset - “where we dig holes in the ground,” a reference to the tribe's agricultural way of life.
- Aspetuck - "at the high place"
- Naugatuck - "single tree
- Shepaug - "great pond"
The various tribes that occupied Connecticut when the Europeans arrive spoke related Algonquian languages.
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| Iroquois | Algonquian |
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| Map of Connecticut, circa 1625 Indian trails, villages, sachemdoms > |
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| Connecticut - American Indian Reservations > |
Casinos and Museums
Today one of the most successful Indian Casinos in the country is Foxwoods. The Pequot tribe earnings from this business has enabled them to build a true state of the art museum nearby. A neighboring tribe, the Mohegans, soon followed with their own casino.
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