The Algonquian Confederacy
of the
Quinnipiac Tribal Council
The Algonquian Confederacy
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Organization / ACQTC Nonprofit Status
Nonprofit Status and HistoryNPO StatusACQTC, Inc. (The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council, Incorporated) is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt non-profit/non-stock corporation, since 1989. Recently, ACQTC, Inc. approached the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) for determination in addition to our original 501 (a) status. The IRS has its own Tribal Government Organization Section and they have additionally determined that we qualify as a 509 (a)(2) entity. This added qualification was given on January 18, 2001. A copy of that determination, along with our Filing with the Connecticut Secretary of State to be Reorganized and Reinstated under all original as well as added criteria is below, with a copy of our Designated Registered Agent and principle officers of this tribal corporation. Algonquins and IncorporationWhen the Dutch arrived on our shores in 1614 the Quinnipiac Confereacy was at its peak, with trade and commerce traditions in place. Two major epidemics occurred between 1616 and 1632 which wiped out thousands of our ancestors. Puritans tried to Puritanize the Algonquian people in the late 1670s and it led to a rift between the Algonquian bands and clans that had lived in the Dawnland for thousands of years. This led to a period of disenfranchisement for all the Algonquian bands and clans. Upon the implementation of the U.S. Constitution after the Revolutionary War, the Indian Nonintercourse Act was made law. This nullified all prior land transactions. In the 1870s, “Massachusetts joined Rhode Island and Connecticut in seeking to sell off Indian lands and disband the tribes that were living there.” The last 30 acres of Quinnipiac Reservation land had been sold in the 1730s under dubious circumstances, and by the early 20th century all Algonquian bands of southern New England had been wiped off the official books of the legislatures. Of course we continued to live on but not as “officially recognized” tribal nations. Then, in 1923, the Mohegan Indian League was formed and it grew into the Mohegan Indian Association, a group allied with the New England Council and American Indian Federation. Others of similar “non-reservation” status following ancient traditions of confederation banded together to incorporate. Such as the New Hampshire Indian Council, the Descendants of the Mohegan Indians, Inc., Pennacook/Sokoki Inter-Tribal Nation, Inc. and the Ramapough Mountain Indians Inc., all originating from Connecticut. The Nipmuc Indians of Connecticut also went this route. ACQTC has maintained its integrity and autonomy by not becoming too eager too fast. The Indian Policy in Connecticut is the worst anywhere in the USA. Nowhere else is it required where all tribes of one state sit together and make policy and determine membership. This was instigated by the white Puritan government and has caused a rift between the Indian people of Connecticut. The onnecticut Indian Affairs Council has not met in years and the Indian Affairs coordinator is not even Algonquian, yet he conducts his generic programs and collects his paycheck. Documents  |
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