Mohegan Green Corn Festival Memories

03/28/2026

Celebrating my 14th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

12/10/2025

Tell us about an Indigenous person you know that is missing or murdered. The survey is 16 questions and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete: https://ow.ly/GiJJ50XGBBq

12/10/2025

Wolves show us what leadership truly means. When roles shift within the pack, they choose care over conflict and unity over exclusion. Their instinct to raise and protect pups, no matter who leads, reflects a deep social intelligence. 🐺

These remarkable animals thrive because they understand that survival depends on cooperation. Every member—young or old—belongs to the whole, and no pup is ever left behind.

Their behavior reminds us that family is not always about blood; it’s about commitment, loyalty, and shared responsibility. 🌙❤️

08/11/2025

This week’s historic Mohegan woman is Nettie Fielding Fowler. Nonner Fowler was the perfect example of the kind of female leadership that was maintained within the tribe prior to federal recognition and before a more organized governing system. She served as the President of the highly respected Church Ladies' Sewing Society and tribespeople voluntarily deferred to her for decisions, even without a formal means of enforcing them.

08/11/2025

As Native American Heritage Month draws to a close, we are reminded by our Medicine Woman and Historian, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel that, “Our Mohegan language offers great wisdom in acknowledging our ancestors as animate, always alive. This reminds us that we are all part of the circle of past, present, and future generations, that we must be good grandchildren to those who preceded us, and good ancestors to those who come after us, for the well-being of all people and Mother Earth.”

08/11/2025

This morning, the Mohegan People, together with the Council of Elders, lit the fourth ceremonial healing fire at the Preston Riverwalk site, formerly the Norwich Hospital. This ceremony is held to honor those who have come before us, including our Mohegan ancestors and all of those who once lived and worked at the hospital site. All visitors are welcome to stop by through Monday morning and take part in this special healing.

08/11/2025

On this first day of Native American Heritage Month, Mohegan Tribal members and leaders joined local, state, and Indigenous dignitaries at the Grand Opening of Uncas Leap Heritage Park in Norwich, CT.

In his remarks, Joe Smith, Secretary of the Mohegan Tribe's Council of Elders, said the park’s dedication “memorializes the history that exists between us, and creates its own remembrance. It brings a new vitality to Norwich by creating a gathering place to be enjoyed by visitors and the many cultures and populations that now call Norwich home."

08/11/2025

08/11/2025

to this day, 13 years ago, when we joined over 400 tribes from across the country for the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian. Were you one of the more than 100 Mohegans that joined us on that historic day?

08/11/2025

Today on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the Hall recognizes 1994 Inductee and Mohegan Pequot Indian Tribe member, Emma Fielding Baker. At a time in which the Mohegans were ostracized and pressured to Christianize, she worked diligently to preserve tribal traditions and historical records. She holds the distinction of Mohegan Medicine Woman.

08/11/2025

Today marks a historic moment for the Mohegan Tribe. 26 years ago, the state of Connecticut returned Fort Shantok—the sacred ground of Uncas and the burial place for many ancestors—to the Mohegan family where it belongs.