Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum
Tantaquidgeon is a Mohegan name and may refer to People *Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005), a Mohegan medicine woman *Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (born 1960), a Mohegan historian and storyteller Other *Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, a museum of the Mohegans on Mohegan Hill, Uncasville, Connecticut Uncasville is an area in the New England town, town of Montville, Connecticut, Montville, Connecticut, United States. It is a Administrative divisions of Connecticut#Village, neighborhood, section of town, village in southeastern Montville, at the ...

Mohegan
The Mohegan are an Algonquian Native American tribe historically based in present-day Connecticut. Today the majority of the people are associated with the Mohegan Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe living on a reservation in the eastern upper Thames River valley of south-central Connecticut. It is one of two federally recognized tribes in the state, the other being the Mashantucket Pequot, whose reservation is in Ledyard, Connecticut. There are also three state-recognized tribes: the Schaghticoke, Paugusett, and Eastern Pequot. At the time of European contact, the Mohegan and Pequot were a unified tribal entity living in the southeastern Connecticut region, but the Mohegan gradually became independent as the hegemonic Pequot lost control over their trading empire and tributary groups. The name Pequot was given to the Mohegan by other tribes throughout the northeast and was eventually adopted by themselves. In 1637, English Puritan colonists destroyed a principal for ...
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Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Gladys Iola Tantaquidgeon (June 15, 1899 – November 1, 2005) was a Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, author, tribal council member, and elder based in Connecticut."Gladys Tantaquidgeon"
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame As a young girl, she was selected by women elders for training in traditional pharmacology and culture. She studied anthropology at the with . Beginning in 1934, Tantaquidgeon worked with the
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Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (born Melissa Jayne Fawcett; March 24, 1960) is a Mohegan author, historian, and storyteller who serves as both the Medicine Woman and Tribal Historian for the Mohegan Tribe. In addition, she is executive director of the tribe's cultural and community programs department. Also a prolific writer, Zobel has published many books including the historical biography, ''Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon'', and the futuristic novel ''Oracles''. Some publications appear under her maiden name of Melissa Jayne Fawcett. Family Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel was born Melissa Jayne Fawcett, the daughter of Dr. Richard Fawcett and Nonner Jayne Fawcett (a Mohegan). She and her husband, Randy Zobel, live in Mystic, Connecticut and have three adult children: She has three children: Madeline, Rachel, and David. Education Tantaquidgeon Zobel served as high school president of The Williams School in New London, Connecticut. After receiving her B.S.F ...
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