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Research Guide to Native American Resources at the Connecticut State Library

This research guide summarizes some of the Library's most important historical and genealogical holdings relating to Native Americans. To find the materials most relevant to your research, please consult the categories below.

Scaticook Reservation in Kent

Please Note:  An Archives Pass is required to use most of the materials described below. Please refer to the “Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections,” for information regarding retrieval times. Some materials may be located at an off-site storage facility and may not be available on a same day basis.

 

New England Native American Resources

Connecticut Native Americans – Historical & Genealogical Resources, Various Tribes

Connecticut Native Americans - Specific Resources by Tribe

Connecticut Native Americans – Legal Resources

New England Native American Resources

Books & Articles

Selected items of interest are listed below. Researchers should also check our catalog for additional titles. Try a subject search for “Indians of North America,” or “Indians of North America - New England.”

American Indian History Online. A subscription database that includes biographies, primary sources, maps, images, and events. This resource is available to patrons using the public access terminals at the State Library and remotely with a State Library card.

American Indian Report. Springfield, VA: Dartmouth Institute [CSL call number E 75 .A64].

Carpenter, Cecelia Svinth. How to Research American Indian Blood Lines. Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1994 [CSL call number  History Reference E 98 .G44 C37 1994]. A good introductory book on Native American genealogy.

Gookin, Daniel. Historical Collections of the Indians in New England. [S.I.] Towtaid, 1970 [CSL call number E 78 N5 G6 1970].

Grumet, Robert S., ed. Northeastern Indian Lives, 1632-1816. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996 [CSL call number E 78 .E2 N67 1996].

Henry, Lorraine (Rainwaters). Native American Directory of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998 [CSL call number E 98 .G40 H46].

Malinowski, Sharon, et al., eds. Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998 [CSL call number E 77 .G15 1998].

Russell, Howard S. Indian New England Before the Mayflower. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1980 [CSL call number E 78 .N5 R87].

Salisbury, Neal. The Indians of New England: A Critical Bibliography. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c1982 [CSL call number History Reference E 78 .N5 S23 1982].

Schoolcraft, Henry R. Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States [CSL call number E 77. S381 1975]. Subject access to this set is through the separate Index to Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes of the United States compiled by Frances S. Nichols (Washington, DC: GPO, 1954) [CSL call number Special Collections E 77 .S381 Index]. Headings of note include Eliot, John; King Philip; Mohegans; Occum, Sampson; Pequots; Uncas.

Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978 [CSL call number SI 1.20/2:4- ]. Volume 15 covers the Northeast.

Tribal Archive, Library and Museum Directory. Tucson: Arizona State Museum, 2005 [CSL call number History Reference E 97.8 .T84 2005].

Williams, Roger. A Key Into the Language of America: or an Help to the Language of the Natives.... Providence: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Tercentenary Committee, Inc., 1936 [CSL call number E 99 .N16 W7].

Who’s Looking for Whom in Native American Ancestry. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997 [CSL call number E 98 .G44 W 48].

Connecticut Native Americans – Historical & Genealogical Resources

List of Connecticut Native American Tribes

Books & Articles

Selected items of interest are listed below. Researchers should also check our catalog for additional titles. Try a subject search for “Indians of North America Connecticut,” as well as under the names of specific tribes.

African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War. Washington, DC: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 2001 [CSL call number E 269 .N3 A37 2001].

Beeching, Barbara. African Americans and Native Americans in Hartford, 1636-1800. (n.p.) 1993 [CSL call number History Reference F 104 .H39 A24 1993z].

Brown, Barbara W. and James M. Rose. Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980 [CSL call number History Reference E 185.93 .C7 B76]. Includes genealogies of many Native American families in addition to African Americans.

Connecticut History Online. A collaborative website that contains about 14,000 images of photographs, drawings, and prints that may be searched or browsed in a variety of ways. Try a search for the terms "Indians" and "Native Americans."

De Forest, John W. History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850. Hartford: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1851. Reprint [CSL call number History Reference E 78 .C7 D4 1991]. This title has been digitized by Google Books.

Encyclopedia of Connecticut Indians. St. Claire Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, 1998 [CSL call number E 78 .C7 E53 1998].

Greene, Shirley Holdridge. The Quest for the Connection Between Maternal Native American DNA and Genealogy. Ledyard: S. H. Greene, 2004 [CSL call number E 78 .C7 G74 2004]. Genealogical study of a Native American family from Ledyard.

Guilette, Mary E. American Indians in Connecticut, Past to Present. Connecticut Indian Affairs Council, 1979 [CSL call number ConnDoc In15 guam]. Deals with the historical background of Connecticut tribes, the separation of Native Americans from their original tribal lands, and the recent trend toward their regaining ownership and control of their tribal lands and resources.

Ives, Timothy H. Wangunk Ethnohistory: A Case Study of a Connecticut River Indian Community. (n.p.) 2001 [CSL call number Cage E 78 .C7 I94 2001].

The Literature of Connecticut History. An extensive annotated bibliography arranged chronologically and topically. Under "Topical Listings," see number VI. Indians.

Lynch, James P. By "theire free act & deed" Connecticut's Land Relationship with Indian Tribes, 1496-2003. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006 [CSL call number E 78 .C7 L96 2006].

Minority Military Service, Connecticut, 1775-1783. Washington, DC: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1988 [CSL call number History Reference E 263 .C5 M56].

Orcutt, Samuel. The Indians of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Valleys. Stratford: J. E. Edwards, 1972 [CSL call number E 78 .C7 1972].

Pasay, Marcella Houle. Full Circle: Directory of Native and African Americans in Windham County, CT, and Vicinity, 1650-1900. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2002 [CSL call number History Reference E 185.93 .C7 P37 2002].

Welch, Vicki S. “The Keys to the Shackles.” Connecticut History v. 40, no. 2 (Fall 2001): 224–246 [CSL call number F 91 .C668]. A genealogical study of an African American – Native American family.

______. And They Were Related, Too: A Study of Eleven Generations of one American Family! Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2006 [CSL call number CS 71 .C746 2006]. Includes information on Native Americans.

Vertical File Resources. See specifically the folders in the History and Genealogy Unit's local history vertical file entitled:

Connecticut - Indians - Bibliographies, maps, brochures
Connecticut - Indians - General articles and internal affairs
Connecticut - Indians - Museums, artifacts, powwows
Connecticut - Indians - Relations with whites

Genealogical Indexes and Census Records

The History and Genealogy Unit of the Connecticut State Library holds a number of genealogical indexes to births, marriages, deaths, and burials; microfilmed federal census records for Connecticut; and microfilmed early land records for all of Connecticut's 169 towns.

The 1900 and 1910 federal censuses for Connecticut contain special enumeration schedules that list Native Americans living as a group. These entries are found after the regular census for the town in which the group was living. Connecticut census records are available on microfilm here at the State Library or through LDS Family History Centers, and online through Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest. For more information on these online resources, please see the CSL Subscription Databases web  page.

Deeds

The selected items listed below are materials from the Manuscripts and Archives catalog that can be found under the subjects "Indian deeds." Researchers should also check the Manuscripts and Archives catalog under the headings "Indians of Connecticut" and "Indians of North America -- Connecticut,” as well as under the names of individuals and towns. 

Maps

Researchers will also want to consult our online catalog and the map card catalog located in the History and Genealogy Reading Room for additional materials. Connecticut in 1630 from the book "History of the Indians ... " by De Forest

Place Names

General sources on Native American place names are listed below.  See also the Robert C. Winthrop Collection.

Douglas-Lithgow, R. A. Dictionary of American-Indian Place and Proper Names in New England… Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1909 [CSL call number GIRS Reference F 2 .D72]. This title has been digitized by Google Books.

______. Native American Place Names of Connecticut. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 2001 [CSL call number History Reference F 92 .D68 2001].

Hughes, Arthur H. and Morse S. Allen. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1976 [CSL call  number History Reference F 92 .H83]. Appendix C lists Indian Place Names.

Trumbull, James Hammond. Indian Names in Connecticut; a Facsimile Edition. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1974 [CSL call  number E 78 .C7 T78 1881a].

Archival Record Group (RG) Materials

RG 000, Classified Archives. Access to the Classified Archives is through the Manuscripts and Archives Card Catalog in the  History and Genealogy Unit Reading Room. Specific headings include:

Indian deeds (see the listing for Deeds above and Mohegan and Pequot, Deeds)
Indian wars
Indians
Indians of Connecticut
Indians of North America - Connecticut

Samuel Wyllys Papers [CSL call number Main Vault 974.6 fW97]. An amazing group of 88 court documents from 1600s Connecticut, including two documents relating to Indian land transfers. The Samuel Wyllys Papers have been digitized and made  available on-line through the State Library's Digital Collections page.

Conveyance of Indian Land at Middletown - From the Samuel Wyllys Papers

Jonathan Trumbull Papers  [CSL call number Main Vault 974.6 fT76].  This collection of Connecticut colonial and early state official papers ca. 1631-1784 was collected by Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. at the direction of the General Assembly. The papers were arranged into 30 volumes; volume 19 burned in 1825. The alphabetical index (by subject and surname) includes  headings for:

Indian atrocities
Indian deeds
Indian land titles
Indian school at Farmington

For many years this collection was housed at the Massachusetts Historical Society, which published selected items in its  Collections, Fifth Series, vols. IX and X and Seventh Series, vols. II and III. Researchers dealing with Native American issues should consult the Fifth Series, vol. IX [CSL call number F 61 .M41 1885]. This volume contains material from volume 22 of the Trumbull Papers manuscript (Narragansett Country, 1659-1699). The volume also includes letters of Dr. William Samuell Johnson relating to the "Mohegan Case" tried in the Privy Council in London ca. 1771. Spelling was modernized for publication. The preface to this volume lists items from volume 22 that were not included as they were previously published elsewhere.

Robert C. Winthrop Collection of Connecticut Manuscripts, 1631-1794, 4 vols. [CSL call number Main Vault 974.6 W73].  Consists of papers from the Winthrop Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society pertaining to the early history of Connecticut. See the index (volume 4) under the headings "Indians," "Cassasynomon," "Owaneco," "Uncas," and the names of specific tribes. See also the separate indexes of Indian Personal Names (p. 35) and Indian Place Names (p. 42).

RG 001, Early General Records, Connecticut Archives: Indians, Series I and Series II. Early General Court papers  pertaining to Native Americans, including land disputes, the Mohegan land controversy, and other Indian affairs. The indexes to Series I and Series II are available online. The original documents have been microfilmed and are located in the History and Genealogy Unit Reading Room. The second copy of the Connecticut Archives Indians, Series I, and Series II microfilms are available through Interlibrary loan. Ask at your local public library for more information.

In addition to these specific Indians series, researchers should check the general indexes to Connecticut Archives, Series I and Series II, located in the History and Genealogy Unit Reading Room, under the names of specific individuals, tribes, and towns,  and under the following headings:

Five Nations
French and Indian hostilities
Frontier defense
Indian affairs
Indian conspiracy
Indian deeds
Indian reservations
Indian roads
Indian reservations
Indian roads
Indian scalps
Indian schools
Indian surrenders
Indian titles
Indians
Six Nations

The original Connecticut Archives volumes are available for use only if the microfilm is not legible or is not available. See the  Guidelines on Use of Restricted Original Archival Records. For more information on this collection, please see "Connecticut  Archives," 1629 - 1820.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 1636-1776. (Vols. 1-15), on-line as Colonial Connecticut Records

The Public Records of the State of Connecticut 1776-1818. (Vols. 1-19)

The volumes in these series through the year 1818 have been published and are held by major research libraries throughout the country. Check the indexes for each volume under the heading "Indians" as well as under the names of specific individuals and tribes. Note that in some of the early volumes of the Public Records that Native Americans are listed in the general index rather  than in the name index. [CSL call number History Reference Conn Doc G 25].

RG 002, Records of the General Assembly. Files of the General Assembly, including public acts, special laws, resolves, and rejected bills from 1821 to 1983 are included in State Archives Record Group 002. Though not indexed, the papers are  arranged by session. Files for the nineteenth century may contain petitions and reports of committees on the disposition of the bills. The published Finding Aid to African Americans and Native Americans, 1808-1869, is available for reference at the History and Genealogy Unit information desk. Additional copies of this title may be available through Interlibrary Loan. Ask at your local public library for more information.

RG 003, Records of the Judicial Department. In addition to the regular court files and record books, researchers should consult the 'Papers by Subject' for each court under 'Indians.' This is a collection of materials removed from the main court files by library staff in the early 20th century.

For example:

New Haven Superior Court, Papers by Subject, Indians

See also the separate finding aids for Litchfield County Court Minorities Collection, 1753-1854 and New London County Court Native Americans Collection, 1698-1855

RG 005, Records of the Governors of Connecticut. There is much information pertaining to Native American affairs within the papers of Connecticut's governors. Many 20th century governor's records are filed alphabetically by subject. Individual finding aids for these records are available on-line (see Subgroup 25. John H. Trumbull, 1925-1931, through Subgroup 38. Lowell P. Weicker, 1990-1994). Researchers should check under a variety of different subjects. Suggestions include: "Indians," "Indian Affairs," "Environment," "Environmental Protection Department," "DEP," and "Welfare Department." In addition, researchers should check the papers of earlier governors in RG 005 as well as the Jonathan Trumbull Papers and the Robert C. Winthrop Collection.

Indian related materials in RG 005, William A. O'Neill records, were identified while processing this collection. These materials are listed below:

Series 001 Constituent Letters

Series 002 Legal Counsel Records

RG 079, Records of the Department of Environmental Protection. Two Series within RG 079 specifically contain Indian  related materials:

RG 079:018, Office of Indian Affairs, 1836-1995 (Bulk: 1976-1995).

RG 079:001, Department of Environmental Protection: Central Office, 1944-2004.  Within 079:001, see in particular:

Series 001, Commissioner, 1957-2004, Subject Files of Rita L. Bowlby, Executive Assistant to Commissioner Dan W. Lufkin, 1973-1975

Series 001, Commissioner, 1957-2004, Subject Files of Commissioner Douglas M. Costle, 1973-1975

Series 001, Commissioner, 1957-2004, Subject Files of Commissioner Stanley Pac, 1973-1980

Series 001, Commissioner, 1957-2004, Subject Files of Commissioner Stanley Pac, 1977-1987

Series 006, Staff Services, 1972-1985, Subject Files of Director of Administrative and Staff Services, George S. Russell, under Commissioners Gill and Pac, ca. 1975-1979

Connecticut Native Americans - Specific Resources by Tribe

Mohegan and Pequot
Additional materials are located under the heading Connecticut Native Americans – Historical & Genealogical Resources, Various Tribes

Mohegan & Pequot, Books & Articles

Selected items of interest are listed below. Check our catalog for additional titles. Try a subject search for “Mohegan Indians”   or  “Pequot Indians”

Apess, William. On Our Own Ground: The Complete Writings of William Apess, a Pequot. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992 [CSL call number E 78 .N5 A64 1992].

Butler, Eva L., comp. Indian Related Materials. (n.p.), 1996 [CSL call number E 78 .B88 1996]. Items compiled in the 1930s relating to Mohegan and Pequot history, reproduced by the Connecticut State Library from transcripts in the Eva Butler Collection (RG 69:66).

Hauptman, Laurence M. and James D. Wheeler, eds. The Pequots in Southern New England. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990 [CSL call number E 99 .P53 P47 1990]. 

Means, C. A. "Mohegan-Pequot Relationships, as Indicated by the Events Leading to the Pequot Massacre of 1637 and Subsequent Claims in the Mohegan Land Controversy." Archaeological Society of Connecticut Bulletin, no. 21 (Dec. 1947) [CSL  call number F 96 .A732].

Murray, Laura J. ed. To Do Good My Indian Brethren. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998 [CSL call number E 99 .M83 J657 1998]. Information on Mohegan Indians.

Oberg, Michael L. Uncas: First of the Mohegans. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, c2003 [CSL call number Cage E 99 .M83 U536  2003].

Peale, Arthur L. Uncas and the Mohegan-Pequot. Boston: Meador, 1939 [CSL call number E 99 .M83 P4].

Radune, Richard A. Pequot Plantation: The Story of an Early Colonial Settlement. Branford, CT: Research in Time Publications, c2005 [CSL call number F 97 .R33 2005]. The table of contents is available on-line.

Report of the Connecticut Commissioners on Distribution of Lands of the Mohegan Indians. Hartford: J. R. Hawley, 1861 [CSL call number Conn Doc M726r].

Zobel, Melissa Tantaquidgeon. Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon. Tucson: University of Arizona  Press, c2000 [CSL call number E 99 .M83 T64 2000].

Mohegan & Pequot, Deeds

The selected items listed below are materials from the Manuscripts and Archives catalog that can be found under the subjects "Indian deeds" and "Uncas."

Mohegan and Pequot, Maps

Mohegan & Pequot, Archival Record Group (RG) Materials

RG 000, Classified Archives

Hebard, Leonard. Papers relating to Mohegan Indians, 1699-1861 [CSL call number Main Vault 970.3 H37].  Thirty-one documents including observations on claims of Samuel and John Mason, lists of Mohegan Indians, 1774 and 1861; petitions asking that Indians and Negroes with no right to Mohegan land be removed, etc. A bound photocopy of this collection is kept at  the History and Genealogy information desk.

Pequot Indian Papers. Consisting of account book kept by William Williams and Enos Morgan, overseers to the Pequot tribe of Indians in Groton, Connecticut, 1813-1820 [CSL call number Main Vault 970.1 P31].  This item has been microfilmed. See L. H. film number 4425 in the History and Genealogy Unit Reading Room. It is also available through LDS Family History Centers (LDS film # 0003627) on the same film as Miscellaneous French and Indian War records.  The original papers are subject to the Guidelines on Use of Restricted Original Archival Records and are available for use only if the microfilm is not legible or is not available.

Pequot Indian Papers. Consisting of accounts of Leonard C. Williams of Stonington, Connecticut, overseer of the Pequot tribe of Indians of North Stonington, 1868-1875 [CSL call number Main Vault 970.1 P32w].  Includes list of names of Indians in the  tribe ca. 1868-1869.

RG 003, Records of the Judicial Department 

New London County Superior Court, Papers by Subject, Indians
Accession 2001-035

New London County County Court, Papers by Subject, Indians

Accession 2001-034

New London County Court Native Americans Collection, 1698 - 1855. A database of records to the 396 cases involving Native Americans has been created. Accession 2004-036

RG 006:30, Records of the Secretary of the State

RG 062:086, Town of Montville, 1891-1994. Records of the town related to the Mohegan Tribe.

RG 069:018, Records of Norwich Free Academy. Note: This collection is presently on indefinite loan to the State Archives from Norwich Free Academy.

RG 069:066, Eva L. Butler Collection. Includes transcripts and excerpts from early Connecticut records dealing with Native Americans and the Groton-New London area. Note: The collection of Indian related materials has been reproduced by the Connecticut State Library. Please see: Butler, Eva L., comp. Indian Related Materials (n.p.) [CSL call number E 78 .B88 1996].

RG 079, Records of the Department of Environmental Protection

See in particular: RG 079:018, Office of Indian Affairs.

PG 180, Lewis Sprague Mills Photograph Collection. Box 2, "Indians", contains rare black and white photographs of the outdoor reconstruction and other "Living History" items of Gladys and Chief Harold Tantaquidgeon. The Tantaquidgeons are direct descendants of Uncas, chief of the Mohegans and also of Samsom Occum, the first Indian Christian missionary.

 

Niantic
Additional materials are located under the heading Connecticut Native Americans – Historical & Genealogical Resources, Various Tribes
Niantic, Books & Articles

Davis, Herbert John. The Nehantic Way" a.k.a. "Rope Ferry Road":  A History of the Nehantic Indian Trails and Camps in Waterford, the First Natives of our Town. Waterford, CT: H. & M. Davis, 2001 [CSL call number E 99 .N6 D38 2001].

Smith, Jane T. Hills. Last of the Nehantics. [East Lyme, Conn.] : East Lyme Historical Society, [19--] [CSL call number E 99 .N6  S65].

Niantic, Archival Record Group (RG) Materials

 

RG 000, Classified Archives

Warren, Moses. Papers Connected with Office of Overseer of Niantic Indians, 1822-1826 [CSL call number Main Vault 970.1 W25].  This item has been microfilmed. See L. H. film number 4425 in the History and Genealogy Unit Reading Room. It is also available through LDS Family History Centers (LDS film # 0003627) on the same film as Miscellaneous French and Indian War records.  The original papers are subject to the Guidelines on Use of Restricted Original Archival Records and are available for  use only if the microfilm is not legible or is not available.


RG 003, Records of the Judicial Department 

New London County Superior Court, Papers by Subject, Indians
Accession 2001-035

New London County County Court, Papers by Subject, Indians
Accession 2001-034

New London County Court Native Americans Collection, 1698 - 1855. A database of records to the 396 cases involving  Native Americans has been created.  Accession 2004-036

 
Paugussett
Additional materials are located under the heading Connecticut Native Americans – Historical & Genealogical Resources, Various Tribes

Paugussett, Books & Articles
For additional materials try a subject search for Paugusset Indians in our catalog.

Brilvitch, Charles W. A History of Connecticut’s Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007 [CSL call  number E 99 .P292 B75 2007].

Rozarie, Judith. The Golden Hill Paugussetts: Social Construct of Tribal Identity. Thesis, M.A. Southern Connecticut State University, 2003 [CSL call number E 99 .P292 R69 2003b].

Smith, Claude Clayton. Quarter – Acre of Heartache. Blacksburg, VA: Pocahontas Press, 1985 [CSL call number E 99 .P292 S64 1985].

Wojciechowski, Franz L. The Paugussett Tribes. Nkijmegen, The Netherlands: Catholic University of Nijmegen, 1985 [CSL call number E 99 .P292 W65 1985]. Includes a useful biography and transcriptions of many documents relating to the Paugussetts. 

Paugussett, Archival Record Group (RG) Materials

RG 003, Records of the Judicial Department

Fairfield County County Court, Papers by Subject, Indians
 Accession 1919-033

RG 004, Records of the Probate Courts, Probate Estate Papers.

Estate Papers of the Golden Hill Indians, Fairfield Probate District, Date: 1769, Case #: 3267, Contains 23 Accounts of Administration, 2 Bonds, and 1 Receipt. Papers date from the 1700s and 1800s. See microfilm roll 320 in the History &  Genealogy Unit Reading Room. It is also available through LDS Family History Centers (LDS film # 1018757). The original papers are subject to the Guidelines on Use of Restricted Original Archival Records and are available for use only if the microfilm is not legible or is not available.

RG 079, Records of the Department of Environmental Protection 

See in particular: RG 079:018, Office of Indian Affairs.

 

Schaghticoke (Scaticook)
Additional materials are located under the heading Connecticut Native Americans – Historical & Genealogical Resources, Various Tribes

Schaghticoke, Books & Articles
For additional materials try a subject search for Scaticook Indians in our catalog.

Johnson, Francelia C. A Register of Some of the Families That Have Lived in Kent, CT, 1739-1999. Kent: Francelia C. Johnson, 1999? [CSL Call number Cage F104.K3 J64 1999]. Information is included on some Native Americans from the town of Kent.

Lynch, James P. Gideon's Calling: The Founding and Development of the Schaghticoke Indian Community at Kent Connecticut 1638 - 1854. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007 [CSL call number E 99 .S252 L96 2007].

Schaghticoke, Record Group (RG) Materials

 

RG 003, Records of the Judicial Department

 

Litchfield County Superior Court, Papers by Subject, Indians, 1753 - 1865
Accession 1927-008

Litchfield County County Court, Papers by Subject, 1750 - 1855
Accession 1927-011

Litchfield County Court Minorities Collection, 1691 - 1774
Accession 2004-034

RG 006:30, Records of the Secretary of the State

PG 180, Lewis Sprague Mills Photograph Collection. Box 2, "Indians" contains images of the Scaticook Reservation in Kent; and Frank Cogswell of the Scaticook tribe. These images are also available online through State Library's Digital Collections page.

 

Related Collections at other Institutions

Brotherton Indian Archives, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY A keyword search of the library catalog(s) will bring up a listing of their holdings.

Indian and Colonial Research Center
39 Main Street, Route 27
Old Mystic, CT 06372

Institute for American Indian Studies
38 Curtis Road, PO Box 1260
Washington, CT 06793-0260

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
110 Pequot Trail, PO Box 31800
Ledyard, CT 06339-3180

Prepared by the History and Genealogy Unit, Connecticut State Library, 11-96. Updated 6-05, 01-08, 11-08, 10-09. All rights reserved © 2005-2008.