Mashantucket Pequot Museum Visit the site of the Foxwoods Casino. The Pequot Nation has taken some of the profits from the casino and built a museum dedicated to the review of the history and culture of their people. The Pequot were farmers, fishermen and gatherers. They had a complex society, and had learned to live with Mother Earth in harmony with one another. When the Dutch arrived in 1608 helped them survive the harsh winter. In return, the Dutch traded hardware for beaver pelts andwampumoag shell beads. Since the trade was flourishing tribes went north, where the beavers were plentiful and much sought Wampum trade with the tribes of the North. When the British came, they wanted to be involved in this lucrative trade in beaver skins. At that time the problems started. In 1638 the Pequot nation had been decimated because of their members into slavery and servitude. Only a few escaped to survive. In 1983, the federal government has recognized theMashantuck existence of the Pequot nation. Today they live with one of the largest casinos in the world. Their profits, the Board administers the tribal areas are to improve physical exertion and social services in education programs and other Indian groups, too. What is needed to destroy that lasted 30 years to recover only twenty years of hard work.
Even if you have more than six hours in the museum, do not spend can see everything. Permissioninteractive video on various aspects of their lives. There is a village-sized audio with descriptions of over 25 different places, different aspects of life Pequot home. A film on a wraparound screen shows the Pequot War and the destruction of man. Outside is a 1780 Pequot owned two acres of grass and vegetables and other plants that the tribes in their everyday life.
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