News and Events from 2006 and Earlier

JUN 2006: Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum Grand Opening

We are proud to announce the opening of the Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum, located in the Dudley Farm Complex, 2351 Durham Road, North Guilford, CT 06437. The Grand Opening was held on Saturday, June 10, 2006, at the museum.

For more information and photos, read the full news article: June 2006 Grand Opening of Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum

NOV 2005: Save Iron Thunderhorse

The primary cause of the ACQTC, and this website, is to foster the preservation, protection, and promotion of the Quinnipiac peoples and culture past, present, and future. We feel this cause is greater than the cause of any one person, even our own Grand Sachem, Iron Thunderhorse. In that light, we have avoided discussing on this website ongoing matters that might possibly distract you, our website guest, from that great cause.

However, since Iron’s situation has become so desperately critical, you may have heard bits of information about it and have come here seeking some confirmation of the validity of those reports. We do not know exactly what you have heard, so we cannot make a blanket statement that what you heard was true. The website saveironthunderhorse.com faithfully presents all the pertinent available facts, as well as a call to action. We encourage everyone who reads this message to visit that website.

AUG 2005: Iron Thunderhorse Nominated for Medal of Honor

The Quinnipiac Tribal Council has just been informed that Iron Thunderhorse, Quinnipiac Grand Sachem, has been nominated for the American Medal of Honor for his numerous contributions in the past quarter century to the preservation of Algonquian language, lore, and religion.

Read the full news article: Iron Thunderhorse Nominated for Medal of Honor

JUN 2004: Medicine Man Goes Back to School

Yes, friends and neighbors, members and affiliates, our very own Medicine Man, Gordon Fox-Running Brainerd (of the ACQTC Totoket Band at Branford, CT), has gone back to school! It wasn’t as a student, though; this time he returned to teach the youngsters of our next generation within our ancestral Sachemdom. The Brainerd family has a long history of living at Oiocommock (Stony Creek) that goes back many generations.

Read the full news article: Brainerd Goes Back to School

MAY 2004: Tamanend’s Day 2004

May 1^st, 2004, dawned in Harrisburg, PA, to the sound of ancient drums, morning prayers to the Dawn and a colorful display of aboriginal regalia as the Wampanoo Dawnland Confederacy of LENAPE and RENAPI people marched peacefully but proudly down the main streets leading to the State Capitol. Our people had been camped out the previous night making plans for Tammany Day, 2005. Members of ACQTC worked the security detail, wearing white T-shirts emblazoned on the front with the words QUINNIPIAC NATION and RENAPI in the middle, and in back with our Confederacy flag colors, red, white and black, and the acronym ACQTC so they were readily identifiable during the march and the gathering.

Read the full news article: Tamanend's Day 2004

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this great event held in Harrisburg, PA, on May 1^st, Tamanend’s Day, 2004, calling for…

• Recognition of the historic contributions and legacy of the Native American Indians, and in particular the Lenni Lenape and our great sachem TAMANEND, who with William Penn signed the Great Treaty at the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania.
• Recognition of the contemporary Native American Indian community in the Commonwealth and the efforts of traditional Indians in Pennsylvania to preserve and restore the practices and cermonies of the Eastern Woodlands nations and celebrate our unique cultural heritage.
• Recognition of the rights of those incarcerated in the PA Dept. of Corrections to obtain instruction and guidance from their respective tribal elders and the recognized spiritual teachers of the Indian nations, and to perform the purification and prayer rituals traditional to Native American Indian spiritual beliefs.

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MAR 2004: Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Study

Tell your congressional representatives that you favor the study and preservation of the Metacomet-Mattabesett Trails in Connecticut and that publications and signs related to these trails should include our Native American history, especially the Quinnipiac, tied to those trails.

Read the full article: Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Study

JUL 2003: Annual Powwow

As previously announced here, our annual ACQTC powwow (which included annual cermonies, feasting and meetings) went on as scheduled July 18^th-20^th, 2003, at the Ancoda Farm in Tackachawan (Scotland, CT).

Read the full news article: 2003 Annual Powwow

Ancoda Farm, site of 2003 Annual Powwow

Public Notice

ACQTC has reluctantly decided that for the next few years our annual gathering will be a private gathering just for ACQTC members and invited guests. In order to adequately accommodate the public, vendors, and commercial entities at future annual gatherings, for now we need to focus our efforts on organizing a volunteer workforce, holding fund drives, and obtaining grants to build up the infrastructure at the Ancoda Farm gathering site (new roads, parking areas, and campsites). Your understanding, cooperation, and help are greatly appreciated.

Info Booth

The ACQTC Info Booth

The ACQTC Information Booth displays the various maps, arts, crafts, and publications available from the ACQTC. Also available at this portable booth are numerous ACQTC authorized products, including such items as magnets, bumper stickers, and flags.

You can find the ACQTC Info Booth at many local festivals around southwestern Connecticut. It can be set up at any public function given sufficient notice, simply use the contact form on this website to invite us! We love doing this because this is one of our primary tools for educating the public.

Adoption Ceremony

Preparations for the annual adoption ceremony in Bay-View Park, Oiocommock (Stony Creek) CT, 2000. Billy Blue Feather, a Head Chief of the United Eastern Lenape Nation (UELN), graciously fills in to lead the ceremony, with Grand Council Members assisting.

Each year at our July celebrations, ACQTC will conduct a public Adoption Ceremony. This ceremony makes the adoptions final, and Honorary Members as well as others may attend and participate if they wish.

For more information about Honorary Membership and the Annual Adoption Ceremony, visit our Membership page, especially the Honorary Membership and Membership FAQ sections.