How to pronounce tribal names?
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