Potatuck

Potatuck

Total population
Extinct as a tribe (merged into the Schaghticoke)
Regions with significant populations
United States ( Connecticut)
Languages
an Eastern Algonquian language
Religion
Indigenous religion
Related ethnic groups
Other Algonquian peoples

The Potatuck were a Native American tribe in Connecticut. They were related to the Paugussett people, historically located during and prior to the colonial era in western Connecticut. They lived in what is now Newtown (in Fairfield County), Woodbury (in Litchfield County), and Southbury (in New Haven County), and along the whole Housatonic River, including the Schaghticoke tribe.^[1] One of their last sites of habitation, Little Pootatuck Brook Archeological Site, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After losses due to epidemics and warfare, they merged in the early 18th century with other remnant Native American groups in the area, forming the Schaghticoke tribe.