Native Peoples of Connecticut Documentary Project
Brenda Geer, Vice Chairwoman, Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation and Karyl Evans, 6 Time Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker researching documentary film during archeological dig on the Eastern Pequot Reservation in North Stonington, CT.
Brenda Geer and Karyl Evans have been developing the “Native Peoples of Connecticut” documentary film project for over 6 years. To date they have:
Received the 2026 Connecticut Humanities Implementation Grant to produce “Native Peoples of Connecticut: Governance”.
Received two Connecticut Humanities Planning Grants to develop the “Native Peoples of Connecticut” documentary project.
Received letters of support from each of the 5 state and federally recognized tribes in Connecticut.
Interviewed 15 tribal members - three from each tribe including: Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mohegan Tribe, Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation, Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, and Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation.
Please send matching fund donations by check to our Fiscal Sponsor (writing “Native Peoples of CT” in the memo section of the check) to: The Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed, P. O. Box 116, Mystic, CT 06355.
Brenda Geer at the swearing in ceremony at the capitol of Larry Pemberton Jr., the first Native American elected to the Connecticut General Assembly. (1-21-26)
Tribute Video for Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2019.
Pequot Sisters Elizabeth George and Matt Langevin - Documentary Short by Karyl Evans