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We, Uncass and Owoneco Sachems of the Mohegan Indians Having Had CABAZON, THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT, AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN INDIAN GOVERNMENTAL GAMING A Case Study INDIAN GAMING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING: A HISTORY OF THE INTERGOVERMENTAL RELAT IONS OF THE MOHEGAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT Kimberly G. Burgess Katherine A. Spilde APRIL 2004 Cabazon, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Socioeconomic Consequences of American Indian Governmental Gaming A Case Study INDIAN GAMING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING: A HISTORY OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OF THE MOHEGAN TRIBE OF CONNECTICUT KIMBERLY G. BURGESS KATHERINE A. SPILDE APRIL 2004 ©2004 The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University “Cabazon, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Socioeconomic Consequences of American Indian Governmental Gaming” is a research project of The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (HPAIED). Funding has been provided under a grant from the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and by The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. The voting members of NIGA are American Indian tribal governments. NIGA's funding has supported the work of Dr. Spilde and Dr. Burgess, co-authors of this study. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of any of the funding organizations or their employees, HPAIED and/or its other staff, the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy (where HPAIED is housed), the John F. Kennedy School of Government, or Harvard University. This research project is undertaken with the clear understanding that the investigators have the full right to publish any results obtained by them, without prior approval of any funding organization or individual and subject only to established safeguards for the protection of privacy or confidentiality. For further information about The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and additional copies of this work, visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hpaied or contact 617-495-1480. BURGESS & SPILDE We, Uncass and Owoneco Sachems of the Mohegan Indians having had a long friendshipp with the English, do hereby declare our fidelity to them for the future, and do engage and firmly binde ourselves and promise and engage for and in the behalfe of the Mohegans under our Command that we will not plot...any mischiefe against the English, and that ourselves and those under our Government shall behave themselves…friendly laudable and … towards the English, not suffering any abuse to be offered to them in word or deeds, and that if we shall know of any conspiracye or complotments against them, by any the Indians of this Country, we will give speedy and timely notice to the authority of the Colony of Connecticutt, and that we will be ready upon all occasions to defend the interest, estates and persons of the English when by them called there unto, to the utmost of our power…1 The Mohegan Tribe of Uncasville, Connecticut, thrives today because of its highly profitable Mohegan Sun Casino Resort. Upon achieving federal recognition as an American Indian tribe through the Bureau of Acknowledgement and Research of the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1994, the tribe negotiated a tribal-state gaming compact with the State of Connecticut, purchased property with trust funds, and began to work with the neighboring towns on future economic development initiatives. In 1996, the Mohegan Tribe opened its Earth Casino, which had immediate success. In 2002, the Sky Casino was completed; the Mohegans since have welcomed thousands of visitors to the facility on a daily basis. The Mohegans’ achievements are largely attributable to a unique set of historical circumstances, optimal geographic location, and the ability of the Mohegan Council, tribal representatives, and citizens to establish and nurture mutually beneficial relationships with their non- American Indian neighbors. This tradition of diplomacy is 1 Article of Mutual Friendship and Defense between the Mohegan Indians and the English, May 24, 1678, bearing the marks of Uncass and Owoneco as well as other Indian witnesses at Hartford, CT. 1 CASE STUDY: INDIAN GAMING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING rooted in historical precedents that date back to the Mohegan’s first contacts with non-Indians. HISTORY MATTERS The origins of the Mohegan Tribe can be traced to events preceding the Pequot War of 1636-37. The war marked a turning point in Indian-colonial relations, as it produced the near- annihilation of the powerful Pequots by the English and their newly-established Indian allies. The political climate preceding the war was tense, with much inter- and intra-tribal dissension. Epidemics exacted a devastating toll on the region’s indigenous peoples, and along with growing frictions created by the fur trade, placed inordinate stress on the social and political relations between those groups. Escalating rivalries fomented increasing disputes between indigenous groups, prompting the Pequots in particular to break apart into two groups, the Mohegan and the Pequots. The Mohegan group followed the sachem Uncas, while the Pequot organized around the sachem Sassacus. Causing the split was the two sachems’ differing views regarding the manner in which the Pequots should conduct business with European trading interests. While Sassacus opted for a path of outright resistance, Uncas looked to preserve his group’s relative independence by befriending the English. The separation between Uncas and Sassacus and the building tensions that followed their split soon escalated to what became known as the “Pequot War, or Massacre.” The Mohegans, led by Uncas, the Narragansetts of the Rhode Island area, and some Connecticut River and Nipmuck Indians who were embittered by the Pequots’ dominance of the area trade networks, allied with the English against the Pequots. The Pequots had their own allies, including the Western Nehantic and other Nipmuck. In the fall of 1636, the English attacked and burned two Pequot villages on the Thames River. The Pequots responded, invading Fort Saybrook and then Fort Wethersfield. The English, led by Captain John Mason and accompanied by their Native allies— 2 BURGESS & SPILDE including Mohegans and Narragansetts—then assaulted Mystic Fort on May 26, 1637, massacring over four hundred Pequots. The Pequot War officially ended with the signing of a treaty in 1638. The war considerably altered the social and political dynamics in the area. It clearly installed the English as the region’s dominant military force, subjugating the once-powerful Pequots. In addition, it enabled the Mohegans to claim former Pequot territory as their own. Intertribal conflicts continued after the Pequot War. The Mohegans fought against the Narragansetts in the Battle of the Great Plain and the Siege of Fort Shantok in what is now the Norwich area. English colonists aided the Mohegans in 1645 when the Narragansetts—seeking to avenge the murder of the Narragansett sachem Miantonomo at the hands of the Mohegan sachem Wawequa, Uncas’ brother—attempted to starve out the Mohegans at Fort Shantok. Colonists Thomas Tracy, Thomas Miner, and Thomas Leffingwell came to the Mohegans’ aid, bringing food to the site. The Mohegans, led by Uncas, maintained their tribal integrity largely through the alliances Uncas forged with colonists, particularly John Mason, the Englishman who led the Mystic massacre of the Pequots. Because of his alliance-building abilities, Uncas became known as a “friend of the English.”2 The Narragansetts and Wampanoags, meanwhile, were not so fortunate. The Mohegans again joined the English colonists to defeat the Narragansetts and Wampanoags in King Phillip’s War of 1676. During the same period, relations between the Mohegans and neighboring colonists grew bitter as the two groups struggled over land. The Mohegans became involved in a series of land claims with the colonists and, eventually, the British government. In 1659, Captain John Mason, acting as an agent of the colony, obtained a deed from Uncas and his brother for all of 2 Fawcett, Melissa Jayne. 2000. Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, p. 43. 3 CASE STUDY: INDIAN GAMING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING the Mohegan lands. John Mason surrendered the deed to the Colony of Connecticut in 1660. Later, Mason’s descendants questioned the validity of this transaction, arguing that Mason meant to secure the lands for the Mohegans and did not intend to take the lands from them. Consequently, the Mohegans aligned with some of Mason’s descendants in a lengthy battle against the colony for substantial tracts of land already widely settled by colonists. The lawsuit dragged on for more than seventy years. Frances Caulkins, a historian of Norwich, noted the support of Norwich residents for the Mohegans’ plight: The citizens of Norwich entered into the Mason controversy with great warmth and zeal, most of them espousing the cause of the Indians, some doubtless from an honest opinion that they had been injured and defrauded, and others from interested motives.3 Under the authority of Queen Anne, the Commissioners of all of the colonies served as representatives in court to argue the case. The aforementioned Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich, a longtime friend of the Mohegans, was one of the Commissioners and exerted considerable influence over the other members of the Commission. In 1705, the court ruled in favor of the Mohegans; however, the English government made little effort to enforce the ruling, and the Mohegans continued to suffer the loss of their lands. In 1720, the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut appointed a committee to hear the grievances of the Mohegans, deliberate possible reparations to the group, and “endeavor to settle all differences between them and their neighbors.”4 A subsequent meeting yielded a resolution that was “apparently successful in settling the various claims and reconciling all parties.”5 In 1721, between 4,000 and 5,000 acres of land was set aside and designated for the use of the Mohegan Indians.
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