Located in the town of Montville, CT in the villge of Uncasville, is Mohegan Sun, the second largest casino in the United States with over 364,000 sq ft of gaming space. It is located on 240 acres along the banks of the Thames River. It is centrally located in Connecticut, 3 minute ride to Mohegan Sun Casino, 15minutes to Foxwoods Resort and Casino, 20 minutes to Mystic Seaport and Mystic Aquarium and just 30minutes to Connecticut and Rhode Island beaches. Hotels near Mohegan Sun, Uncasville on TripAdvisor: Find 19,754 traveler reviews, 3,109 candid photos, and prices for 30 hotels near Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT.

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Tribal Organization: Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

Mohegan Sun Boulevard
Uncasville, CT 06382

(860) 862-8000

Mohegan Sun Casino is located 5 miles north of New London. From I-395, take Exit 79.

In November 2016, the new Earth Tower hotel opened. The hotel is 242,000 square feet and located along the Thames River. There are 400 guest rooms.

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Restaurants

Jasper White's Summer Shack - Seafood
Johnny Rockets - American
Michael Jordan's 23 SportCafe
Michael Jordan's Steak House - Steak
Mohegan Territory - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Pompeii & Caesar - Italian Lunch and Dinner
Rain - Continental
Seasons Buffet - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
The Cove - American Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
The Longhouse - Steak & Seafood Lunch and Dinner
Todd English's Tuscany - Italian
Uncas American Indian Grill - American, Indian

Hotel

• Mohegan Sun Sky Hotel (left)
  1175 guest rooms and 80 suites.
  
• Mohegan Sun Earth Hotel (right)
  $120 million construction cost
  400 rooms

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Mohegan Sun opening Expo Center in late June

March 29, 2018

The Mohegan Sun Expo Center is on schedule to open in June of this year.

Already the center is taking reservations for events and conventions. The annual boat show for the Connecticut Marine Trades Association will be held there. So will the Barrett-Jackson car auction. As of now there are 15 events planned to take place at the new center.

Located between the Winter Garage and the Earth Tower the new center is 237,000 square feet. The structural design has eliminated most of the columns and has open space that can be divided. There is also a ballroom that is 20,000 square feet.

The open areas of the center will make the space versatile and make it easier to divide for different events.

To attack new clients to the center, the casino is promoting hotel room rates and ample free parking. One goal is to bring in convention clients that normally hold their events elsewhere. Such as in larger markets like Atlantic City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Providence, and Hartford.

The casino believes that there will be plenty of parking space availability to accommodate everyone. Trade shows can be held during the day. Large arena event shows can be held at night. During the week, convention visitors will be there.

In March of 2017 construction began on the project. Last September was the topping off ceremony.

The finishing work is going on now. This includes carpentry, completing the electrical, taping, and painting. Signs are also being made.

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The Mohegan Tribe is a federally recognized tribe and sovereign tribal nation of Mohegan people (pronounced /ˈmoʊhiːɡæn/). Their reservation is the Mohegan Indian Reservation, located on the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Mohegan's independence as a sovereign nation has been documented by treaties and laws for over 350 years, such as the Treaty of Hartford secured by their Sachem (Chief) Uncas after his cooperation and victory with the English in the Pequot War (1637-1638). Although the Treaty of Hartford established English recognition of the tribe's sovereignty in 1638, after the colonial period and loss of lands, the tribe struggled to maintain recognition of its identity. For centuries its people were assumed by whites to have assimilated to majority culture.

The tribe reorganized in the late 20th century and filed a federal land claims suit, seeking to regain land that the state of Connecticut had illegally sold. As part of the settlement, the Mohegan Nation gained federal recognition by the United States government in 1994. That year the US Congress passed the Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act.^[1] The US authorized the cleaned-up United Nuclear site for use as Mohegan reservation lands, and the property was transferred to the United States in trust for the tribe.^[1]

Gaining a sovereign reservation enabled the Mohegan to establish gaming operations on their lands to generate revenue for welfare and economic development of their tribe. They opened the Mohegan Sun casino on October 12, 1996, near the former Fort Shantok site above the Thames River.

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Mohegan Tribe's vision[edit]

In 1997 the Mohegan Tribe's Council of Elders adopted the following Vision Statement:

We are the Wolf People, children of Mundo, a part of the Tree of Life. Our ancestors

form our roots, our living Tribe is the trunk, our grandchildren are the buds of our future.

We remember and teach the stories of our ancestors.

We watch. We listen. We learn.

We respect Mother Earth, our Elders, and all that comes from Mundo.

We are willing to break arrows of peace to heal old and new wounds. We acknowledge and learn

from our mistakes.

We walk as a single spirit on the Trail of Life. We are guided by thirteen generations

past and responsible to thirteen generations to come.

We survive as a nation guided by the wisdom of our past. Our circular trail returns

us to wholeness as a people.

.^[2]

History[edit]

Before the seventeenth century, the Mohegan were part of the Pequot Tribe, which emerged among Algonquian peoples located in south central present New England.

Uncas[edit]

The early 1600s were a critical period of change for Connecticut tribes, who spoke various Algonquian languages. The pressure from rapidly expanding European settlements created competition for land and resources, while new infectious diseases were decimating Indian populations at an alarming rate. Within the Pequot Tribe at that time, a dispute erupted between the Pequot Sachem (head chief) Sassacus and the leader Uncas.

Uncas left with his followers, who called themselves the Mohegan, or Wolf People, like their ancestors. Each tribe had its own idea of how to deal with conflicts with the English and other Europeans. Uncas (1598-1683) became Sachem of the Mohegan Tribe, which favored collaboration with the English colonists. The Pequot under Sassacus chose to fight the colonists, and other local tribes took sides in the Pequot War, which lasted from 1637-1638.

Seeing the great losses brought on by continued fighting, Uncas had befriended the European invaders. This controversial decision brought Uncas and the Mohegan people into an uneasy alliance with the English in the ensuing war with the Pequot (1637-1638). The Mohegan helped the English defeat the Pequot.

Uncas settled his people in a village at Shantok on the Thames River, which the Tribe defended from a Narragansett invasion. It was sparked by related European as well as Indian conflicts. Finally, the Mohegan Tribe's alliance with the English kept its people relatively safe during the colonists attacks on Native Americans during King Philip's War and afterward.

Government[edit]

The Mohegan Tribe has created and maintained an independent governmental structure since before Europeans arrived in North America. The Mohegan Government has evolved to exercise full civil and criminal jurisdiction over their lands using the Constitution of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, which they wrote in the 20th century.

The Mohegan Nation is governed by the Mohegan people. They elect a Tribal Council of nine Tribal Members and a Council of Elders, composed of seven Tribal Members. All legislative and executive powers of the Tribe not granted to the Council of Elders are vested with the Tribal Council.

The Council of Elders oversees judicial matters and the tribe's cultural integrity. The Council of Elders also exercises legislative powers with respect to rules governing tribal membership and enrollment. The Tribal Court adjudicates on all non-gaming matters.

Following Congressional passage of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the Mohegan Nation used its cooperative relationship with the State of Connecticut to negotiate a gaming compact, after it had gained federal recognition in 1994 and receiving land in settlement under the Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act (1994).^[1] The US took into trust the cleaned-up United Nuclear site for use by the Mohegan as a sovereign reservation.^[1]

The Tribe opened the Mohegan Sun casino in 1996, two years after gaining federal recognition. The compact created between Connecticut and the Mohegan Tribe secured 25 percent of slot revenues to the state to help fund services. It became a model agreement. Connecticut's Native American tribes have generated the highest revenues for the state aside from federal government installations. The government-to-government relationships that have developed between Connecticut and Mohegan have enabled quick resolutions to issues that have been raised, such as: regulation of indoor smoking, alcohol service, and state police presence at the reservation.^{[citation needed]}

Community contributions[edit]

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The Mohegan Tribe used its own funds to pay for the $35 million access road that enables visitors to reach Mohegan Sun without tying up Montville roads. The tribe has worked closely with its neighbors and provided the funding for an $11 million regional water project in order to ensure safe, clean drinking water.^{[citation needed]}

The tribe has been a strong advocate in the effort to ensure that Connecticut’s communities get a greater share of slots revenues. It proposed a successful initiative to modify the funding formula so that communities most affected by the casinos receive additional funds from the Pequot-Mohegan Fund.

In addition, the Mohegan Tribe pays $500,000 each year to the Town of Montville in lieu of taxes. The Mohegan Tribe is a partner in the Community Economic Development Fund. The revolving loan program will help regional small businesses create jobs. The tribe is the first and only non-bank investor in such a program in Connecticut.

A member of the Mohegan Tribe sits on the board of trustees for the University of Connecticut.^[3]

Economy[edit]

The Mohegan Tribe has used gaming to generate revenue for economic development of the Tribe, its members, and the surrounding communities. Mohegan Sun employs about 10,000 individuals internally, while buying supplies and services from hundreds of small and medium-sized vendors and local companies that also employ thousands of individuals. Employees of the Tribes and Casinos pay all federal and state income taxes as well as other employment taxes, providing tens of millions of dollars to the state and federal governments.

As mandated by federal law and the Mohegan Tribe’s Constitution and laws, profits from Native American gaming go to support the health, education, welfare, and infrastructure of tribal governments. Although tribes are entitled to certain federal grants, by 1997 the Mohegan Tribe was in a position to return or reject funds. That year, it turned back $2.2 million in grant funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be redistributed to other Native American nations.

Since its opening in October 1996, the Mohegan Sun has generated substantial revenues for Connecticut’s economy:

• Approximately $2.5 billion in slot revenue contributions to the State of Connecticut
• Over $4 billion is salaries, wages and benefits for employees
• Over $6 billion in goods and services
• Over $200 million in state taxes
• Over $65 million in state services
• Over $18 million in charitable donations

The tribe is a part owner of the New England Black WolvesNational Lacrosse League franchise, and full owner of the WNBA'sConnecticut Sun.

Notable Mohegan[edit]

• Emma Baker, revived the Green Corn Ceremony and served as tribal chairperson
• Fidelia Hoscott Fielding (1827–1908), last native speaker of the Mohegan-Pequot language
• John E. Hamilton (1897-1988), Grand Sachem Chief Rolling Cloud, Indian rights activist
• Samson Occom (1723–1792), Presbyterian minister who helped move the Brothertown Indians to New York state
• Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005), anthropologist, herbalist, co-founder of the Tantaquidgeon Museum
• Uncas (c. 1588 – c. 1683), first sachem of the Mohegan
• Mahomet Weyonomon, a sachem who traveled to England in 1735 to seek better and fair treatment of his people
• Faith Damon Davison oversight of the Mohegan Library and Archives, the rare books, documents and map collections and the responsibility for the Tribe’s 3-Dimensional collections from 1997 – 2010.^[4]

See also[edit]

• Mahican – tribe with similar name
• The Last of the Mohicans, historical fiction of a tribe with similar name

Notes[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdMohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claim Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 103-377, § 2, 108 Stat. 3501 (1994) (codified at 25 U.S.C. § 1775 (2006))
2. ^'Our Vision.'The Mohegan Tribe. Retrieved 6 Dec 2011.
3. ^'Members of the Board', University of Connecticut
4. ^'Faith Damon Davison'. Dawnland Voices. May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

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External links[edit]

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• The Mohegan Tribe, official website
• Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claims Settlement, Pub. L. No. 103-377, 108 Stat. 3501 (codified at 25 U.S.C.§ 1775)

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