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The Schaghticoke ( or ) are a Native American tribe of the Eastern Woodlands who historically consisted of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, Podunk, and their descendants, peoples indigenous to what is now New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The remnant tribes amalgamated in the area near the Connecticut-New York border after many losses. There is a town by the name of "Schaghticoke" in New York State, so named because of the confluence of Hoosic and Hudson Rivers. Their reservation, granted in 1736 by the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, is one of the oldest in the United States. After sales by state agents, today the Schaghticoke hold less than a fifth of the original reserve, and have a 400-acre (1.6 km²) reservation (). It is located near the New York border within the boundaries of Kent in Litchfield County, to the west of the Housatonic River. The land is held in trust by the state for the tribe. In 1986, the tribe split. One group maintained the name Schaghticoke Indian Tribe (SIT) and the other calls themselves the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (STN). The Schaghticoke people have a long history of political relationships with both the former Colony of Connecticut and the State. Most of the members live off the reservation in and near Kent. In 2004, the STN was the fourth tribe in Connecticut to gain federal recognition. But, in 2005, after a strong opposition from the state and several local governments as well as one landowner, several Schaghticoke individuals and the SIT, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) reversed its decision. The Schaghticokes filed a land claims action, seeking restoration of a total of 2100 acres. Most of the land in question is undeveloped. It is owned by the Kent School, Connecticut Light & Power, a few private landowners and the federal government. Following Bureau of Indian Affairs re-determined negative decision and resultant reversal of the STN's federal acknowledgment, the US District Court dismissed the land claim case in 2010. "In ruling on the cross-motions for summary judgment, the court concluded that the BIA's final determination was “reasonable based on the evidence before it” that the STN failed to satisfy the criteria of “community” and “political influence or authority” due to the fact that a substantial portion of the Schaghticoke refused to be enrolled as members of the STN." 〔http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/documents/town_of_kent.html〕 The tribe appealed the court's decision to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in late February 2010, where the lower court's decision was affirmed. STN then took its case to the Supreme Court of the United States, which denied to review the appellate decision in October 2010. ==Etymology== Schaghticoke has various spellings: Pachgatgoch, Patchgatgoch, Pisgachtigok, Pishgachtigok, Scachtacook, Scaghkooke, Scanticook, Scatacook, Scaticook, Schaacticook, Scotticook, Seachcook, derived from an Algonquian Dialect-R word ''Pishgachtigok,'' meaning "the confluence of two waterways or "Gathered Waters." This may refer to the confluence of the Ten Mile River and the Housatonic River, where Mauwehu, the son of Chief Squantz, removed most of the Schaghticoke people. The language/culture base is Algonquian with Iroquoian influence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schaghticoke tribe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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