Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council

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]

Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council[1]
Named afterAlgonquian peoples, Quinnipiac people
Formation1991[2]
FounderIron Thunderhorse
Typenonprofit organization[2]
EIN 06-1301617[2]
PurposeHuman Services (P20)[2]
HeadquartersMilltown, Indiana[2]
Location
  • United States
Official language
English

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. "Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council, Inc., The". OpenCorporates. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  2. "Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. Lavin, Lucianne (2013). Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. xiii. ISBN 9780300186642.
  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.
  5. 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. "State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. MacMillan, Thomas (March 26, 2012). "Little Owl Speaks". New Haven Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. Misur, Susan (June 25, 2011). "Powwow at East Haven church strengthens community bonds". New Haven Register. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. "Langscape" (PDF). Terralingua. September 2000. p. 20.
  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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