Connecticut Water Trails Association
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Connecticut Water Trails Program History Of Connecticut's Water Trails Native Americans
There were originally many small American Indian
tribes in the Connecticut area, including the Mohegan, Pequot, Niantic,
Nipmuc, Mattabesic, Schaghticoke, Paugussett, and others. Though all of
them spoke related languages and shared many cultural similarities, each
tribe had its own leadership and its own territory. However, European
epidemics and warfare devastated the Connecticut Indians, and the
survivors had to merge with each other to survive. Soon there were no
longer clear distinctions between the groups, and today most Native
Americans of Connecticut have heritage from more than one of these
original tribes, regardless of which tribe they officially belong to.
All of their languages have been lost, but native people continue to
preserve their cultural heritage in Connecticut today.
The following Native American groups were found in Connecticut:
Sequin or "River Indians"
Which included the following tribes:
Matabesec or Wappinger Confederacy
Which included the following tribes:
Other Tribes:
Misc
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