The Mohegan tribe is an Algonquian-speaking tribe that lives in eastern (upper Thames valley) Connecticut. The Mohegan are originally a conjoined tribe with the Pequot until the contact period of the 17th century. They were briefly ruled over by the Pequot in the 1630s until 1637. In 1643, they went to war with and defeated the Narragansetts. The Mohegan allied themselves with the English against other Indian tribes in King Philip's War. At the end of this war, the Mohegan tribe was the only imp… (More on Mohegan)