Algonquian_Confederacy_of_the_Quinnipiac_Tribal_Council

Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council

Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council

Nonprofit organization in Indiana

The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council (ACQTC) is a cultural heritage group and nonprofit organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Quinnipiac people. They are based in Milltown, Indiana,[2] but also hold events in Connecticut.[3]

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Status

The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council is an unrecognized tribe. This organization is neither a federally recognized tribe[4] nor a state-recognized tribe.[5][6]

Nonprofit

In 1991, the Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council, Inc. registered a nonprofit organization.[2][1]

Their registered address is in Milltown, Indiana, while the registered agent's address is in Branford, Connecticut.[1]

Gordon "Fox Running" Brainerd is the group's registered agent.[1] Ruth Thunderhorse formerly served as the principal officer.[2] She goes by "Little Owl," lives in Indiana, and is married to Iron Thunderhorse, who has been imprisoned in Texas for "rape, kidnapping, and robbery" since 1977.[7]

Officers include:

  • Rober Pokras
  • Edward "Wolf-Walker" Conley
  • Gordon Brainerd
  • Iron Thunderhorse
  • Kathy Mallory
  • Lisa Dawes
  • Patricia "Chickadee" Pool
  • Paul "Coyote-Song" Tobin
  • and others.[1]

Activities

The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council has held powwows at the Old Stone Church in East Haven, Connecticut.[8]

They founded the Algonquian Confederacies Language Institute in 1999.[9]

Gordon "Running Fox" Brainerd (d. 2021),[10] who identified as the ACQTC Bear Clan Medicine Chief, lectured on American Indian history and donated his personal items to the Dudley Farm Museum in Guilford, Connecticut.[5] Brainerd collected ancient Native American tool through digs in Branford, Guilford, and Madison, Connecticut.[5] He was never able to establish a genealogical connection to the historic Quinnipiac tribe.[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council, Inc., The". OpenCorporates. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. [3]
    Lavin, Lucianne (2013). Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. xiii. ISBN 9780300186642.
  4. [4]
    Indian Affairs Bureau (12 January 2023). "Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs". Federal Register. 88: 2112–16. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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    Page, Suzi (October 12, 2016). "Branford's Running Fox works to keep Quinnipiac culture alive; Artifacts on view at Dudley Farm". CT Insider. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. [6]
    "State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. [7]
    MacMillan, Thomas (March 26, 2012). "Little Owl Speaks". New Haven Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. [8]
    Misur, Susan (June 25, 2011). "Powwow at East Haven church strengthens community bonds". New Haven Register. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Langscape" (PDF). Terralingua. September 2000. p. 20.
  10. [10]
    Beach, Randall (January 4, 2022). "The legacy of the Quinnipiac people endures in a soon-to-be-upgraded viewing space". CT Insider. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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