PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Mohican                     (moe-HEE-can)

Schaghticoke            (SKAT-uh-coke)

Weantinock               (wee-AN-tin-ock)

Paugusset                 (paw-GUSS-it) 

Pootatuck                  (POO-tuh-tuck)

Pequannock             (PEE-kwah-nock)

Wiechquaesgeck     (WEE-kwuh-skeck) or (wee-KWAY-ess-geck)

 

Others

Lenape                                  (leh-NAH-pay)

Mashantucket Pequot         (mash-un-TUCK-it PEE-kwaht)

Nipmuc                                  (NIP-muck)

Pequot                                  (PEE-kwaht)

Sources: UCONN, HARTFORD UNIV, MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT MUSEUM, WIKIPEDIA

Last updated 12-6-22; many thanks to Bonnie Denmark in the Department of Writing & Literature for her assistance