Editing Connecticut (section)

===First people===
The name Connecticut is derived from the [[Mohegan-Pequot language|Mohegan-Pequot]] word that has been translated as "long tidal river" and "upon the long river",<ref name="Project">{{cite book |author=Federal Writers' Project |title=Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore and People |url = {{Google books|CPYfSsQ-WE4C|page=3|plainurl=yes}} |access-date=September 23, 2010 |publisher=US History Publishers |isbn = 978-1-60354-007-0 |year=1938 |page = 3 }}</ref> both referring to the [[Connecticut River]]. Evidence of human presence in the Connecticut region dates to as far back as 10,000 years ago. Stone tools were used for hunting, fishing, and woodworking.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thebarnesmuseum.org/blog/prehistoric-artifacts-from-connecticut | title=Prehistoric Artifacts from Connecticut }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ctexplored.org/the-first-immigrants-the-english/ | title=The First Immigrants, the English | date=May 23, 2022 }}</ref> Semi-nomadic in lifestyle, these peoples moved seasonally to take advantage of various resources in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://connecticuthistory.org/overland-travel-in-connecticut-from-footpaths-to-interstates/ | title=Overland Travel in Connecticut, from Footpaths to Interstates - Connecticut History &#124; a CTHumanities Project | date=January 2, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nativetech.org/Nipmuc/niacfaq.html | title=FAQ for the Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut }}</ref> They shared languages based on [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Connecticut/111242#258058.toc |title=Connecticut: Colonization |work=Britannica Academic |access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref> The Connecticut region was inhabited by many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes that can be grouped into the [[Nipmuc]], the Sequin or "River Indians" (which included the [[Tunxis]], [[Schaghticoke people|Schaghticoke]], [[Podunk people|Podunk]], [[Wangunk]], [[Hammonasset people|Hammonasset]], and [[Quinnipiac]]), the [[Mattabesec]] or "Wappinger Confederacy" and the [[Pequot|Pequot-Mohegan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/nativeamericans/cttribes|title=LibGuides Home: Native American Research: List of Historical Connecticut Tribes|first=History &|last=Genealogy|website=Libguides.ctstatelibrary.org|access-date=April 17, 2021|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026190248/https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/nativeamericans/cttribes|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of these groups still reside in Connecticut, including the [[Mohegan people|Mohegans]], the [[Pequot people|Pequots]], and the [[Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation|Paugusetts]].<ref>"[http://www.cslib.org/tribes.htm Connecticut Native American Tribes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927185519/http://www.cslib.org/tribes.htm |date=September 27, 2013 }}", Connecticut State Library. Retrieved May 16, 2014.</ref>