1699 Schaghticoke Tribe first described by Europeans as inhabiting lands in northwestern Connecticut and eastern New York. 1729 Gideon Mauwee, the first recorded Sachem of the Schaghticoke Tribe, signs deed to large tract of land. 1736 Schaghticoke population includes approximately100 warriors. General Assembly identifies land on west side of Housatonic River as a Reserve for the Tribe, stipulating that white colonists cannot buy or sell the land. 1740 Shortly after white settlers established the Town of Kent, Schaghticoke population estimated at 500-600. 1743 Moravian missionaries build a church and school at Schaghticoke. 1752 General Assembly sets aside a parcel of land to supplement the Tribe's Reservation. 1774-1776 Schaghticoke men join the Continental Army, serving as scouts, signal corps, and soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Mid/Late After Tribal overseers sell off much of the Tribe's land, Reservation dwindles to 1800s several hundred mountainous acres and a resident population less than 100. Early 1900s New Milford Power Company builds dam, flooding Tribal burial grounds. 1924-1926 Connecticut Park and Forest Department assumes responsibility over Reservation from individual overseers. 1937 United States opens Appalachian Trail on Schaghticoke land. 1941 State transfers jurisdiction to Welfare Department. 1949 Tribe files unsuccessful land claim with Indian Claims Commission. 1960-61 Welfare Department refuses to provide funds to repair tribal members' homes, instead burns all but two residences on the Reservation. 1973 Creation of Connecticut Indian Affairs Commission spearheaded by Schaghticoke. 1973 Schaghticoke Tribe forms corporation. 1975 Nation files claim for Kent School lands in U.S. District Court. 1981 Nation files Letter of Intent to file for federal recognition with the BIA. 1991 In 1991 the tribal constitution was revised and the tribe was known as Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Kent, Connecticut. 1987 Richard L. Velky elected Chief of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation. 1994 Federal Recognition Petition delivered to the BIA's Branch of Acknowledgment and Research. 1997 BIA deems Schaghticoke petition Ready for Active Consideration. 1998 New land claims filed in U.S. District Court. 1999 U.S. District Court refuses to undertake judicial determination of tribal status; Nation requests reconsideration. Schaghticoke requests resolution through alternative dispute resolution. 2002 Tribe dealt a setback in recognition effort. BIA rules in a preliminary decision that the tribe has met five of the seven criteria for federal recognition. Tribe begins organizing thousands of pages of additional information to submit to BIA.