The following is an ever-growing list of sources regularly consulted in our research of the Indigenous Peoples of the region. For more information, please contact Amanda Flynn Rumney.
Bruchac, James and Joseph Bruchac. Native American Games and Stories. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 2000.
Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1997.
Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1997.
Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities for Children. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1998.
Caduto, Michael J. and Joseph Bruchac. Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1996.
Douglas-Lithgow, R.A. Dictionary of American-Indian Place and Proper Names in New England. Originally published by The Salem Press Co, Salem, MA, 1909.
Easton, Robert and Nabokov, Peter: “Native American Architecture.” © Oxford University Press, 1989.
Gablaski, Heather. East Brookfield: Baby Town of Massachusetts. Published 2019.
Goodwin, Joseph Olcott. East Hartford: Its History and Traditions Originally published by Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1879.
Hodge, Frederick Webb, editor. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (Volumes I – IV). Originally published by the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D.C., 1912.
Ives, Timothy Howlett. “Wangunk Ethnohistory: A Case Study of a Connecticut River Indian Community”
(2001). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626299.
https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-xcrv-vp43
Lavin, Lucianne. Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures. Published by Yale University, 2013.
McBride, Kevin: “Prehistory of the Lower Connecticut River Valley,” Ph.D. Thesis © 1984.
Reed, Allen Walker. “The Rationale of ‘Podunk'” Source: American Speech, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr., 1939), pp 99-108. Published by: Duke University Press. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/451216
Stiles, Henry R. The History of Ancient Windsor (Volume 1). Originally published by Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1891.
Trumbull, J Hammond. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names. Originally published 1870.
Trumbull, James Hammond. Indian Names of Place, etc., In and On the Borders of Connecticut. Originally published in Hartford, 1881.
Trumbull, J. Hammond, editor. The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 (Volume 1). Originally published by Edward L. Osgood Publisher, Boston, 1886.
Williams, Roger. A Key Into the Language of America: The First Book of American Indian Languages, Dating to 1643 – With Lessons Concerning the Tribes’ Wars, History, Culture and Lore. Originally published 1643.
Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States. Originally published by HarperCollins, 1980.