Interview with Courtland Fowler
IntervieweeInterview with
Courtland Eliphalet Fowler
Mohegan, 1905 - 1991
InterviewerInterviewed by
Lynne Williamson
Date1991 March 28
Mediumreformatted digital file from audio cassette
DimensionsDuration (side 1): 47 Minutes, 37 Seconds
Duration (side 2): 16 Minutes, 23 Seconds
Duration (total runtime): 1 Hour, 4 Minutes, 7 Seconds
Duration (side 2): 16 Minutes, 23 Seconds
Duration (total runtime): 1 Hour, 4 Minutes, 7 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
DescriptionAudio cassette tape recording of an interview with Courtland Fowler. He was interviewed by Lynne Williamson and Ruth Glasser on March 28, 1991. The interview was recorded as part of a Native American Elders from Connecticut project with the American Indian Archaeology Institute (now known as the Institute for American Indian Studies) in Washington, Connecticut.
Object number2015.196.791a-d
CopyrightIn Copyright
NotesBiographical Note: Courtland Eliphalet Fowler (1905-1991), “Little Hatchet” was born in Norwich CT, the son of Edwin Fowler and Elizabeth Northdruft. He served as chief of the Mohegan tribe from 1970 to 1991. Among his accomplishments were the repair of the Mohegan Church and the addition of the Sunday School in the 1950s. Courtland fought to preserve tribal burial grounds, keeping the Ashbow burial ground from being absorbed by neighboring property owners, and opposing vandalism at Shantok, as well as advocating for its return to the tribe. He was interviewed in 1991 for the oral history component of the permanent exhibit at the American Indian Archaeological Institute, entitled “As We Tell Our Stories: Living Traditions and the Algonkian Peoples of Indian New England.”https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/about/our-tribal-history/ceremonial-leaders/chiefs-of-the-20th-century
Additional materials exist in the CCHAP archive for this community and this project.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Subject Terms
- Interviews
- Oral history
- Oral narratives
- Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
- Indians of North America
- Men
- People of color
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples (America)
- Indians of North America
- Audiocassettes
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Uncasville
- CCHAP Archive IMLS Museums for America Grant
- Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP)
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