This is a guide to the WCSU Land Acknowledgment adopted in Spring 2021. A land acknowledgement is a formal statement often spoken at the beginning of a public event that is taking place on land originally inhabited or owned by indigenous peoples.
The Golden Hill Paugussett tribe has a ¼-acre state reservation in Trumbull and a 106 acre state reservation in Colchester.
Currently the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe does not have an official website (10/8/21).
Mashantucket Pequot
The Mashantucket Pequot tribe has 1,400 acres held as federal trust land in Ledyard with the potential for a 2,300-acre federal reservation under the settlement act and agreements.
The Mohegan tribe has 409 acres held as federal trust land in Montville and Norwich with the potential for a 700-acre federal reservation under the settlement act and agreements.