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The Mohegan Tribe and Nation welcomes you
Aquai, I am Grand Sachem Chief Moigu Standing Bear. Greetings to all who visit this site and peace be with you. I hope the Great Spirit Mundu, as we call Him in Mohegan, has guided you here to learn and understand about some of the ways of our people.I am the Sachem of my people as was my father before me, and a direct descendant of the Great Grand Sachem Uncas. Our Tribe is Mohegan which means people of the Wolf or Wolf People. I live in the City of Kings located on the Yantic River where there are two waterfalls and a place called 'Uncas Leap' where the Great Uncas jumped across the ravine, a feat to this day that has not been repeated and I might add that if anyone dared to try they would surely fall to their death on the jagged rocks far below that sacred place. My father, Grand Sachem Chief Rolling Cloud, AKA, John E. Hamilton, was the leader of the Mohegan-Pequot people from 1933 to 1988. He was also a Native American rights activist and founded the 'National American Indian Defense Association' in 1939. He was a Great man and I am honored to be his son. My father's vision was to see all the tribes come together and stand strong in unity, unfortunately he was only able to see this on a small scale in his lifetime, but this is also my vision and the vision of many other Native American people across the Nations. The time has come for the tribes to recognize each other's inherent sovereign rights as Independent Nations, rights that every Native American Indian is born with and can not be given by the U.S. government because these rights pre-exist colonial contact. There is too long a trail of broken treaties and empty promises by the U.S. government and the time has come to take back our culture and traditions in honor of our ancestors and our children. . ******************************************************************************************* WINDS OF CHANGE---CHIEF STANDING BEAR---A strong wind of change brings forth a man, a man carried by honor and royalty. With the help of wings of dignity, he carries his Sachemship in his heart and soars like the Great Eagle. For so long, our great harvest has come and gone, unattended, leaving our council fire dimming and burning low. Now the harvest is here, our Sachem's son and chosen leader has arrived to bring this harvest to the council fire, to let it burn high as a signal to the great white father. We are here. We are the Mohegan Tribe and Nation. We will not leave. We have been here for so many moons, so many sunrises and sunsets, long before the great white father came in his boat with his religion and diseases. We deserve our recognition and our reservation so that our children can grow in a community where they are able to walk on their own sacred, rightful land. Let our Sachem, with his strength of the Great Bear and knowledge of his Father, guide us in the path of righteousness and support of the Great Spirit. Aho ******************************************************************************************* Mohegan Tribe and Nation ...e-mail addresses sachem@mohegannation.org events@mohegannation.org ******************************************************************************************* WOLF SPIRIT Mohegan Tribe and Nation newsletter To subscribe to our newsletter...send an e-mail to: newsletter@mohegannation.org To unsubscribe from newsletter...send an e-mail to: secretary@mohegannation.org For newsletter submissions send to: newsletter@mohegannation.org ******************************************************************************************* ++++++++++Tribal Notes++++++++++ Information on meetings, gatherings, ceremonies, etc. will be posted here Please check often. If you would like to post something here, mail it to: tribalnotes@mohegannation.org We are planning a gathering/cookout for July. If you are interested please call Shi 873-1672 ******************************************************************************************* *****ANY ADVERTISMENTS YOU SEE ON OUR SITE DOES NOT MEAN WE ENDORSE THEM. PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT BEFORE YOU SUBSCRIBE TO WHAT THEY OFFER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A really good site--news and information Check them out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For help getting your web site submitted to search engines, check out Search Express. Click on the button below.
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Grand Sachem Chief Moigu Standing Bear 
