Native American Facts Map by Max Richardson https://padlet.com/maxcrich/h2l4se9mjsip1de8 5 Places with significant Native American history en-us 2020-09-25 11:46:24 UTC 2020-09-25 12:20:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f642.png Mohegan Reservation, Montville, CT, USA maxcrich https://padlet.com/maxcrich/h2l4se9mjsip1de8/wish/778843517
  • This area is predicted to be  the mohegan tribes land for an estimated 10,000 years by scientists

    • From the Mohegan tribes history, the 'Great Spirit' is said to have created the earth 

    • Much of the history of the tribe was oral tales so mythology was incorporated into their history 

    • The tribe-built homes were called 'wigwams'

    • The tribe used 'dugout canoes' made from large trees to fish
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    ]]>     2020-09-25 11:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/maxcrich/h2l4se9mjsip1de8/wish/778843517     Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Reservation, Colchester, CT, USA maxcrich https://padlet.com/maxcrich/h2l4se9mjsip1de8/wish/778850855
  • The tribe was allowed to control the 'only portion of the state with wide and fertile coastal plains', but like much of the other tribes, there land was whittled away and sold

    • 25% of the oyster populations resided on there lands (successful)

    • The tribe used fire to hold controlled burns of brush to increase soil fertility
    ]]>     2020-09-25 11:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/maxcrich/h2l4se9mjsip1de8/wish/778850855     Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, Ledyard, CT, USA maxcrich https://padlet.com/maxcrich/h2l4se9mjsip1de8/wish/778851713
  • The tribe originally resided in the thames river

    • The tribe has around 3.47 acres of land

    • They have free rights to fish and hunt without licenses on property (present day)

    • The reservation was created in 1666 by the Connecticut Colony
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