The Golden Hill Paugussets are a group of Native Americans living in Colchester, Connecticut and also have a small reservation in Nichols, Connecticut. They have repeatedly been denied federal recognition.[1] This prohibits them from activities such as opening a casino.
The tribe's failure to get federal recognition also makes it difficult for them to pursue their claims to much of the land that was historically part of the Paugusset nation. They have claimed legal rights to 700,000 acres (2,800 km2) of land running from Orange/Woodbridge in New Haven County though Fairfield County to Greenwich and extending North into Eastern Litchfield County up to the Massachusetts border, though these claims have since been dropped. [2]
In 1993 the tribe made national headlines when it opened a tax-free cigarette shop on the Colchester reservation. An armed standoff with state police ensued that ended without violence when Chief Moon Face Bear agreed to close the shop.[3]
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Tribal Leaders
- Aurelius H. Piper Sr. (Chief Big Eagle - Hereditary Chief), deceased 10 August 2008, aged 92.[4]
- Aurelius H. Piper Jr. (Chief Quiet Hawk - Council Chief)
References
- ^ [1]"Secretary Norton Rejects Golden Hill Paugussett Appeal" | U.S. Department of the Interior
- ^ [2]"Chief Of Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe Dies" | WTIC News
- ^ [3]"Stand-off at Golden Hill Paugussett smoke shop"
- ^ [4]"Chief Of Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe Dies" | WTIC News
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