Keeping Native American culture alive in Connecticut
, 2022-11-13 02:00:00,
Educator Greg Chapman explains the many features of a traditional Mohegan longhouse to New Britain High School students at the Tantaquidjeon Museum in Uncasville on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (Sean D. Elliott/TODAY) Buy photo prints
A birch bark canoe hangs in the sky as students from New Britain High School tour the Tantaquidjeon Museum in Uncasville on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 (Sean D. Elliott/The Day) Buy photo prints
Teacher Rebecca Gilman talks about a life-size statue of Mohegan senior Gladys Tantaquidjeon at the Tantaquidjeon Museum in Uncasville during a tour with students from New Britain High School on Friday, October 28, 2022 (Sean D. Elliott / TODAY) Buy photo prints
Educator David Eichelberg plays percussion on a traditional drum as he teaches a group of students from New Britain High School a traditional dance on the grounds of a Mohegan church assembly after a tour of the Tantaquidjon Museum in Uncasville on Friday, October 28, 2022. (Sean D. Elliott/The dai) Buy photo prints
As Connecticut and America emerged from colonial governments until independence, members of Native American tribes saw the opposite happen to their rule, culture, language, and traditions.
Members of the Mohegan, Machantucket Pekot, and East Pequot tribes were told that their language had no value, and were commanded not to speak it or teach it…
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