plural Pequot or Pequots
: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of what is now eastern Connecticut
Note: Current-day members of the Pequot live as part of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
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The day of fun will conclude with the largest fireworks display in the state: Mashantucket Pequot Thames River Fireworks Extravaganza.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
When the event was hosted at Breezy Point Resort on Pelican Lake and the Breezy Point and Pequot Lakes communities in 2001 and 2008, and at Grand View Lodge on Gull Lake and Nisswa in 2014, co-chairs spearheaded the planning with the chambers and subcommittees.
—Nancy Vogt, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
State looks at its history, including a proposal to condemn at 1638 treaty
A resolution proposed by Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, would condemn the 1638 Treaty of Hartford that ended the Pequot War.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Further, the region of Connecticut historically was the hunting grounds of the Narragansett, Pequot and Mohegan peoples, according to DEEP.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
Ledyard — Ruling in a lawsuit filed by the State of Connecticut, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of the Interior from taking two parcels of land totaling 82 acres on Indiantown Road into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe.
—Brian Hallenbeck, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Chaney said he’s been the only fire chief that has served for both the Mohegan Tribal Nation as well as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Brenda Geer, vice chairwoman of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, said its land once was 8,000 acres.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
Some sites are invisible to the untrained eye, but at Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut, visitors can experience a reconstructed fort from 1675.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
When the event was hosted at Breezy Point Resort on Pelican Lake and the Breezy Point and Pequot Lakes communities in 2001 and 2008, and at Grand View Lodge on Gull Lake and Nisswa in 2014, co-chairs spearheaded the planning with the chambers and subcommittees.
—Nancy Vogt, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
State looks at its history, including a proposal to condemn at 1638 treaty
A resolution proposed by Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, would condemn the 1638 Treaty of Hartford that ended the Pequot War.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Further, the region of Connecticut historically was the hunting grounds of the Narragansett, Pequot and Mohegan peoples, according to DEEP.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
Ledyard — Ruling in a lawsuit filed by the State of Connecticut, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of the Interior from taking two parcels of land totaling 82 acres on Indiantown Road into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe.
—Brian Hallenbeck, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Chaney said he’s been the only fire chief that has served for both the Mohegan Tribal Nation as well as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Brenda Geer, vice chairwoman of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, said its land once was 8,000 acres.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
Some sites are invisible to the untrained eye, but at Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut, visitors can experience a reconstructed fort from 1675.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Pequot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pequot. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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