About the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation is a federally recognized Indian tribe located at one of America's oldest Indian reservations, Mashantucket, in Southeastern Connecticut.
History and Redemption
Of the 3,000 Pequots living in Connecticut prior to the massacre, only approximately 200 survived. They were then sold into slavery or absorbed by other tribes and their lands. Pequot history is an unprecedented story of redemption and restoration, which is featured at the Tribe’s world-class Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center.
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One of America's greatest comeback stories.
As the first entrepreneurs in the region, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation worked to sustain the early community with basket weaving, farming, and the fur trade.
Today, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation owns and operates one of the largest and most successful resort casinos in North America— Foxwoods Resort Casino —along with a variety of other enterprises, including WONDR NATION, Great Wolf Lodge at Foxwoods, the Lake of Isles Golf Course, Pequot Pharmaceutical Network , and the Spa at Norwich Inn.
All together, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation remains one of the state of Connecticut’s highest tax payers and largest employers, and has contributed nearly $4.5 billion to Connecticut through the first-of-its-kind tribal gaming revenue-sharing agreement, enacted in 1993.
Also, the Tribe provides generous assistance to nonprofit organizations that support its local communities.
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation celebrates and honors all Native American culture.
During the yearly festival of Schemitzun each August, Native Americans from all over the U.S. gather at the Mashantucket Pequot Cultural Grounds to dance, eat traditional Native foods, participate in ceremonies, and fellowship with others at the Annual Feast of Green Corn and Dance Pow Wow.
It is a wonderful celebration to honor the rich heritage and give thanks to the harvest yields.
