Change may help
other Native Americans receive federal tribe status
Before digging into these two articles a few pointers, if I may?
I do not
want anything to do with "tribes" in New England and for sure in the
state of Connecticut!
your
elders shunned my grandfather while hoping for a little of the casino change, I
shun you now!
That
said, "to my followers, does this make sense to you?
Tribes
in states like Connecticut with governors like Governor Dannel Malloy can never
be recognized as Native Americans,
Governor
Dannel Malloy welcomed the ruling, saying an earlier draft form of the changes
would have put Connecticut in a difficult position."
Well, we
natives sure would not want to put Connecticut in a difficult position would
we?
After
all they only burned our villages, raped our women, sent our children off to
boarding schools in other states, killed our elders and took our land.
What
were we thinking?
Now this
new law is telling Native Americans that if we can prove family from 1900 on,
we can finely become
New rules on the
recognition of Indian tribes appear to shut the door on three Connecticut
tribes who have been petitioning for federal status for years.
The Schaghticokes in
Kent,
the Golden Hill
Paugussetts
and
the Eastern Pequot's
are not recognized as tribes by the federal government.
While it makes it
easier for some tribes to prove their ancestry, tribes cannot use the existence
of a state reservation as the sole basis for federal recognition.
The ruling also says
that tribes which have previously been denied cannot re-petition.
Governor Dannel
Malloy welcomed the ruling, saying an earlier draft form of the changes would
have put Connecticut in a difficult position.
Change may one day
help Monacans, other Native Americans receive federal tribe status
The Shaw
Mansion is a historic mansion and historic house museum at 11
Blinman Street in New London, Connecticut. Built in 1756, it is a
well-preserved example of a wealthy merchant's house, made further notable
as the location of the state's naval offices during the American
Revolutionary War. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in
1970. The headquarters and museum of the New London County
Site
of an 'Underground Railroad. Stop over for rest, food, safety and sleep before
traveling through Mohiigan land to points north and freedom!
Speaking of federal
recognition,
“it’s a right that’s
owed to us,”
“It’s not about just
checks and money and stuff,
the federal
government owes us this right.”
I have no idea what
an Eastern Pequot is but that’s OK because I'm not sure about the rest of those
Pequot's either?
I do know about the
Native people called 'Schaghticokes' in Kent and the 'Golden Hill Paugussetts'
in Colchester.
If we have never
filed a petition for recognition before?
There are many
African American/Native American Tribes all over New York, New England and New
Jersey.
I have personally
been to a vast number of their ceremonies.
Many slaves traveled
the "Underground Railroad and joined these tribes long before this 1900
the government is updating about?
For- instance,
Chief MoonFace Bear
and his father came to many of my grandfathers meetings and ceremonies,
in fact we have also
been to many of theirs on his reservation in Colchester Connecticut
as well as hundreds
of tribes through-out New York, New England and New Jersey.
My cousin and I held
the crossing ceremony for MoonFace on his Rez!
The Golden hill
Paugussetts reservation has been state recognized for century the only reason
that it is not federally recognized now is Connecticut’s fear of losing casino
money!
Chief MoonFace Bear
of the Golden hill Paugussetts was buried on his reservation.
