Gideon's Dream

Alan Russell (direct decendent of Gideon Mauwee), chief of the Schaghticoke Indians located in Northwest Connecticut, is in the fight of his life in a last-ditch effort to have the Schaghtic... Read allAlan Russell (direct decendent of Gideon Mauwee), chief of the Schaghticoke Indians located in Northwest Connecticut, is in the fight of his life in a last-ditch effort to have the Schaghticokes become a federally recognized tribe. After the arrival of the white settlers in the e... Read allAlan Russell (direct decendent of Gideon Mauwee), chief of the Schaghticoke Indians located in Northwest Connecticut, is in the fight of his life in a last-ditch effort to have the Schaghticokes become a federally recognized tribe. After the arrival of the white settlers in the early 1600's, the tribe was forced North into Litchfield County, along the Housatonic river... Read all