Brothertown: seven nations unite, then are made citizens out of existence (formed Nov. 7, 1785; Act of Mar. 3, 1839)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1785 · Places: Northeast, Africa
SUMMARYBrothertown: seven nations unite, then are made citizens out of existence (formed Nov. 7, 1785; Act of Mar. 3, 1839) [Connections: Northeast & Mid-Atlantic, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDSamson Occom (Mohegan), Joseph Johnson (Mohegan) and David Fowler (Montauk) organized Brothertown from Mohegan, Pequot, Narragansett, Niantic, Tunxis and Montauk people on land given by the Oneida Nation in New York. Between 1831 and 1836 they moved to Wisconsin with the Stockbridge-Munsee. On March 3, 1839 Congress made them U.S. citizens and allotted their land, the first Indians formally made citizens. In 2012 Interior ruled that the 1839 act had ended their tribal status, which only Congress can restore. Some Narragansett went to Brothertown after Rhode Island's 1880 detribalization (RIHS)
PATTERNCitizenship worked as termination, the same tool used in Massachusetts in 1869 and Rhode Island in 1880
LENS (WW9)The coastal nations regrouped as one, and the paper turned "citizen" into a word for erasure
OPENDid Brothertown rolls exclude members of African descent? See the Geherin card