Plans for Native American cultural center in the works- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut
By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff
NEW HAVEN — Native Americans across the country have overwhelmingly moved from reservations to urban centers like New Haven, but assimilating without losing the culture, traditions and language of their ancestors isn’t so easy.
Jim Rawlings, president of the Greater New Haven NAACP and a council member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts, wants to change that by establishing a cultural center where those of Native American descent can gather to share information, talk about their history, learn about their heritage and, where appropriate, find opportunity in federal dollars available for housing, healthcare and economic development.
He said nowadays there’s so much going on in the Native American world in terms of opportunity that people need a place to share information. He said connections from the government to Native Americans are much improved under the Obama administration.
Rawlings can even envision a powwow being held in New Haven sometime next year.
An organizational meeting of those trying to establish the center will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at 545 Whalley Ave. All are welcome to attend.
FIRST NATION HISTORIES: http://tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
Mason's army eventually reached Mystic undiscovered. Trapping 700 Pequot inside the fort while their warriors were absent, Mason and his men set it afire killing all who tried to escape. The massacre broke the Pequot, but the Narragansett were aghast at the amount of unnecessary slaughter. Shortly afterwards, the Pequot abandoned their villages, separated into small groups, and fled for their lives. They were easy prey and few escaped. The English, Narragansett, and Mohegan tracked them down, capturing some and killing the rest. The English were determined to destroy the Pequot completely. They executed all of their male prisoners and sold the women and children as slaves to the West Indies. 1,500 Pequot and western Niantic managed to surrender and were placed under the control of Uncas and the Mohegan. They were not treated well.
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