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The chairman of the Mohegan Tribe will be attending a state dinner at the White House Wednesday night, according to the Mohegan Tribe.   The White House is hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee for a state dinner Wednesday during their visit to the United States in celebration of the 70th anniversary of…

A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first. The White House on Tuesday announced President Joe Biden’s intent to appoint Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department, which will be overseen by the U.S. treasurer. The treasurer’s duties include oversight of the U.S. Mint, serving...

The Mohegan Tribe is partnering with Yale University to fund a new initiative aimed at combatting problem gambling. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine will begin developing an app to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy. “Which is an evidence-based treatment for substance use as well as other behavioral addictions including gambling,” said Dr. Brian Kiluk, associate professor of psychiatry at…

A piece of history returns home to the Mohegan Tribe. Dartmouth College returned the Samson Occom papers last week, written by the Mohegan minister and academic in the 18th century. Now, these historic documents are being used to revitalize the Tribe’s native language. Penned in the 1700s, the Samson Occom papers are some of the earliest known samples of...

The papers date back to the 18th century and provide early samples of how Mohegan was originally spoken and written.