Mohegan Women, the Mohegan Church, and the Lasting of the Mohegan Nation

This article discusses how the Mohegan Congregation Church of New England is part of a long Mohegan tradition of strategic cooperation with non-Indians to achieve their own Mohegan goals. Women, the author explains, have always been at the centre of his tradition. In fact, women have a central role in Mohegan culture, having rights in land and leadership. The author suggests that the establishment of this church helped preserve these rights, as well as their Mohegan land and the tribe itself. To do so, the author recounts the legal history of the Mohegan tribe, how conventional records dismiss women’s rights, as well as how the church was a centre for women’s activity and for the recognition of women.