Southeastern Connecticut’s Indian tribes hailed Friday a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, whose provisions the Connecticut legislature adopted as part of sta.
Hartford ― On the last day of Native American Heritage Month, Gov. Ned Lamont, state Department of Education officials and tribal leaders announced Wednesday they’re collaborating on the development o.
Chris Newell, former education supervisor for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, said during his six years at the museum it was not uncommon for a student or parent to ask, innocent.
Federal recognition.
In the context of Indian tribes, the term connotes acknowledgment, acceptance and, above all else, leaders of southeastern Connecticut’s tribes say, respect.
It’s of no small cons.