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Mohegan

Uncas broke from the Pequot and allied with the English, inheriting eastern Connecticut after 1637.

Survived as English allies but were whittled down to a small reservation at Uncasville, losing the Mohegan land case in 1773.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Mohegan — the shape you scrub through changes in 1614 · 1638 · 1676 · 1801.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1637 Mystic massacre English, Mohegan and Narragansett forces burn the Pequot fort; the nation is dissolved by treaty in 1638.
• 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act The legal framework that built Foxwoods (1992), Mohegan Sun and a tribal economic revolution.

Further reading

• The Pequot War Alfred A. Cave · 1996

  The Mohegan under Uncas emerged as a distinct power through the Pequot War.

• The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity Jill Lepore · 1998

  The definitive account of the 1675-76 war that reshaped southern New England's native politics, in which the Mohegan fought as English allies.

Sources

• Mohegan — Wikipedia