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Tribal Families gather for Pequot Days
| | PEQUOT DAYS – Tribal families gathered together to celebrate Pequot survival and perseverance on June 6, 2005 at the annual Pequot Days event. This year’s Pequot Days marks the 368th anniversary of the infamous Mystic Massacre, when English soldiers and their Mohegan and Narragansett allies killed over 400 Pequot men, women, and children at the Pequot fortified village at Mystic. Pequot Days honors those killed in the attack. Toni Parker-Johnson photo |
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Sen. Lieberman Visits Mashantucket
| | Sen. Joe Lieberman addresses the media outside the Mashantucket Department of Fire and Emergency Services building. Standing with the senator is, from left, Tribal Councilor Richard E. Sebastian, Council Chairman Michael Thomas, Councilor Marjorie Colebut-Jackson, Fire and Emergency Services Chief Roger Sylvestre, Council Secretary Charlene Jones, Vice-Chairman Kenneth Reels and Treasurer Rodney Butler. Toni Parker-Johnson photo |
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In a visit to the Mashantucket Pequot Department of Fire and Emergency Services department on June 6, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn. praised the arsenal of emergency life-saving technology and training at Mashantucket. The Senator, who serves as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee toured the complex and the equipment he has advocated heavily for. (More)
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| TRIBAL SYMBOLS |
 Framed against the sky, the lone tree on a knoll represents
Mashantucket, the "much-wooded land" where the Pequots hunted and
kept alive their identity as an independent people. Displayed on the
knoll is the sign of Robin Cassasinnamon, the Pequot’s first leader
following the 1637 massacre at Mystic Fort. The fox stands as a
reminder that the Pequots are known as "the fox people."
 Pequot basketweave pattern.
 A gift from the Winged Ones, feathers
carry prayers to the Great Spirit.
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