Indian Litigation files

The records were arranged into 13 series which document Indian Litigation cases. The series include Attorney General, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Pequot, Golden Hill Paugusetts, Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan, Nipmuc, Schatigcoke, Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians, National Archives Microfilm, Miscellaneous Microfilm, Removable Media, and Restricted.

Series 1. Attorney General, 1787-2007, consist of correspondence; subject files; press files; and a research notebook.

Series 2. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1980-2004, contain correspondence and subject files.

Series 3. Eastern Pequot, 1800-2006, consist of legal documents; Bureau of Indian Affairs background material, proposed findings for federal acknowledgment, and technical assistance information; exhibits; correspondence; subject files; press files; and maps showing ancestry, plan of properties, and reservation of the Eastern Tribe of Pequot Indians.

Series 4. Golden Hill Paugussetts, 1708-2006, include Bureau of Indian Affairs correspondence, brief, exhibits, determinations on federal acknowledgment, proposed findings, petitions, and residence analsysis and supplement; legal documents; subject files; correspondence; lobbying reports; clippings; and maps.

Series 5. Mashantucket Pequot, 1800-2007, contain E.P.A. Assesment information; E.P.A. Documents for Land Parcels; Pequot Pharmaceutical Network background information and Attorney General opinions; subject files; correspondence; clippings; public relations announcements; and maps.

Series 6. Mohegan, 1848-2006, include legal documents; Bureau of Indian Affairs petition and respondent brief; E.P.A. correspondence, miscellaneous deeds, and background information; correspondence; subject files; and maps.

Series 7. Nipmuc, circa 1745-2007, consist of legal documents; Bureau of Indian Affairs answer brief, Freedom of Information Act responses, proposed findings, and final determinations on federal acknowledgment; correspondence; subject files; clippings; and a photocopied photograph of Kevin Gover with Norma (?) Fox-Gould and William W. Gould, Sr.

Series 8. Schaghticoke, circa 1666-2006, contain legal documents; Bureau of Indian Affairs comments and summary under the criteria and evidence for proposed finding; reports Supplementing the Petition of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Kent, Connecticut for Federal Acknowledgment; correspondence; and subject files.

Series 9. Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians, circa 1952-2008, include Bureau of Indian Affairs answer and response briefs of the State of Connecticut, Freedom of Information Act requests and responses, proposed findings, and final determination on federal acknowledgment; correspondence; and subject files.

Series 10. National Archives Microfilm, 1722-1906, consist of copies of microfilm from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Series 11. Miscellaneous Microfilm, circa 1797-1815, consist of copies of microfilm from the Georgia Departmetn of Archives and History, and New York Historical Society.

Series 12. Removable Media, 2002, contain two floppy disks on Golden Hill - Bureau of Indian Affairs, Acknowledgment Criteria Charts.

Series 13. Restricted, circa 1959-1994.