plural Pequot or Pequots
: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of what is now eastern Connecticut
Note: Current-day members of the Pequot live as part of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
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The new Grace by Nia space is being built to the right of High Rollers on the lower level of Foxwoods’ Pequot area.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2024
With an ideal location one block from the beach and just four blocks from the ferry, the Pequot is easily walkable to Circuit Avenue.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
Connecticut Individuals and businesses in New London County as well as the Tribal Nations of Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot have until June 17 to file and pay after storms caused a partial dam breach in January.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
There are hundreds of examples, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut; the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma; and the Himdag Ki: Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum in Sells, Arizona.
—Kathleen Duval, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
The declaration applies to all of New London County, including the Mohegan Tribal Nation and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Lamont’s office said.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
This year, Picasso, Vermeer, Manet, and Degas got marquee space, but so did the riveting Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, focused on the Kennedy assassination, and the Pequot Museum in southeastern Connecticut.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Then there’s the 60th anniversary of JFK’s murder, the 25th anniversary of the Pequot Museum in Connecticut, the 100th birthday of both the Barnes Foundation and the Morgan Library, the 100th anniversary of Joaquín Sorolla’s death, and my tenth wedding anniversary.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
The illustration’s design features three concentric circles: The defensive stockade of the Pequot village is surrounded by two rings of tiny figures, the inner composed of colonists armed with smoking muskets, the outer of Native American warriors wielding bows and arrows.
—Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2024
With an ideal location one block from the beach and just four blocks from the ferry, the Pequot is easily walkable to Circuit Avenue.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
Connecticut Individuals and businesses in New London County as well as the Tribal Nations of Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot have until June 17 to file and pay after storms caused a partial dam breach in January.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
There are hundreds of examples, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut; the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma; and the Himdag Ki: Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum in Sells, Arizona.
—Kathleen Duval, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
The declaration applies to all of New London County, including the Mohegan Tribal Nation and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Lamont’s office said.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
This year, Picasso, Vermeer, Manet, and Degas got marquee space, but so did the riveting Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, focused on the Kennedy assassination, and the Pequot Museum in southeastern Connecticut.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Then there’s the 60th anniversary of JFK’s murder, the 25th anniversary of the Pequot Museum in Connecticut, the 100th birthday of both the Barnes Foundation and the Morgan Library, the 100th anniversary of Joaquín Sorolla’s death, and my tenth wedding anniversary.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
The illustration’s design features three concentric circles: The defensive stockade of the Pequot village is surrounded by two rings of tiny figures, the inner composed of colonists armed with smoking muskets, the outer of Native American warriors wielding bows and arrows.
—Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
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