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Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Indians of Connecticut, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

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Fact 1 - Connecticut is a New England state of the northeast United States, one of the original 13 colonies. The indigenous people of this state included various tribes of Native Americans.

Fact 2 - Northeast tribes were static woodland tribes of tribe of hunter fishers. Men were in charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and the women were in charge of the home and land
Fact 2 - Indians of Connecticut included the Narragansetts, Mohegans, Wampanoags, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, Abenakis and Pequots
Fact 4 - Names of Border States: Massachusetts - New York - Rhode Island
Fact 5 - Origin of the name of the state: Based on Mohican and Algonquin Indian words for a "place beside a long river".
Fact 6 - Features of the area: Narrow lowlands and hilly eastern upland.
Fact 7 - Narragansett were part of the Eastern Woodlands culture and were the largest and strongest tribe in New England. The Narragansett were nearly exterminated during King Philip's War in 1675-1676.
Fact 8 - The Mohegan is an Algonquian speaking tribe that lives in eastern Connecticut. The Mohegan broke away from the Pequot in the early 17th century under the leadership of Uncas
Fact 9 - Wampanoag aka Wapenock, Massasoit’’ and ‘Philip's Indians’. The "three sisters," corn (maize), beans and squash were the staples of their diet, supplemented by fish and game.
Fact 10 - The Nipmuck is an Algonquian speaking tribe. Nipmuck houses and homes were shelters framed of deciduous saplings covered with skins, bark and woven mats. Their name originated from the Algonquian language meaning literally "fresh water people."
Fact 11 - Pocumtuck or Deerfield Indians who hunted game and fished in the Connecticut River. The "three sisters," corn (maize), beans and squash were the staples of their diet
Fact 12 - Abenaki were feared as fierce warriors. The Abenakis is an Algonquian language speaking Indian tribe. They were one of the five members of the Wabanaki Confederacy which consisted of the Abenaki, Míkmaq, Penawapskewi, Pestomuhkati and Wolastoqiyik
Fact 13 - Pequot: Two small independent Pequot tribal nations inhabited areas of Connecticut - the Mashantucket Pequot and the Paucatuck Pequot. The Pequot were a war-like tribe of the Eastern Woodlands cultural area.
Fact 14 - The Pequot War: In 1637 tensions between the colonists andPuritans of Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay colonies and the Pequot escalated into open warfare. The Pequots were defeated by the colonists, who were led by John Underhill and John Mason and the Narragansetts and Mohegans who were their allies. The Pequot suffered savage retribution and many were sold as slaves.
Fact 15 - Connecticut 1675 - 1677 King Philip's War so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody and bitterly fought by the colonists against the Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and Abenakis.