Mohegan people

Mohegans are a Native American people in Connecticut; the majority are associated with the Mohegan Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe living on a reservation in the eastern upper Thames River valley of south-central Connecticut. It is one of two federally recognized tribes in the state, the other being the Mashantucket Pequot. There are also three state-recognized tribes: Schaghticoke, Paugusett, and Eastern Pequot.

At the time of European contact, the Mohegan and Pequot were a unified tribal entity living in the southeastern Connecticut region, but the Mohegan gradually became independent as the hegemonic Pequots lost control over their trading empire and tributary groups. In 1637, English Puritan colonists with the help of Uncas, Wequash and the Narragansett's, destroyed a principal fortified village at Mistick and systematically destroyed the remaining Pequot nation during the Pequot War which finally ended with the death of Sassacus at the hands of the Mohawks. Thereafter, under the leadership of Uncas, a sachem, the Mohegan were understood to be a separate tribal nation. Uncas' name is a variant of the Algonquian name Wonkus, which translates to fox.

Oxoboxo River, Connecticut

Oxoboxo River is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Montville in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,938 at the 2000 census and 3,165 at the 2010 census. The statistical area encompasses the town center of Montville, as well as the adjacent villages of Palmertown and Uncasville. The name of the statistical area is from the river of the same name running through the CDP.

The U.S. Postal Service includes the entire area of the CDP in ZIP code 06382, for which the USPS uses "Uncasville" as the place name. The Uncasville ZIP code also encompasses the Mohegan reservation, including the Mohegan Sun casino complex, and other parts of Montville.

Geography

The CDP takes its name from the Oxoboxo River, a tributary of the Thames River that flows through the CDP. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.6 km² (4.5 mi²), of which 11.0 km² (4.3 mi²) is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) (5.1%) is water.

Demographics

Mohegan (disambiguation)

The Mohegan people is a tribe that lives in the eastern upper Thames River valley of Connecticut.

Mohegan may also refer to:

  • SS Mohegan, a steamship wrecked on the Manacle Rocks, Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Lake Mohegan, New York, a census-designated place in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, United States
  • Mohegan, a dialect of Mohegan-Pequot language, an Algonquian language
  • See also

  • All pages beginning with "Mohegan"
  • All pages with titles containing Mohegan
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