Mohegan
The name Mohegan, meaning “wolf people,” refers to the Native people who, in the 1630s, left the Pequot tribe to follow the sachem Uncas. Culturally and linguistically, they are eastern Algonkian Indians. Throughout the 17th century, they were enemies of the Connecticut River valley Indians and allies of the English. Present-day Mohegan homelands are on the west side of the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut.