The profile of Robin Cassacinamon (Mashantucket Pequot), former sachem of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, is maintained by employees of the Pequot Museum. Questions? Call (800) 411-9671. Become a fan! http://www.facebook.com/pequotmuseum
Robin Cassacinamon became the most influential Pequot leader in the decades after the Pequot War, and under his leadership, the Pequots regained a significant degree of political strength. In the 1640s he was recognized as the sachem of a group of Pequots who had been forced to live under the rule of the Mohegans in an area called Nameag, near present-day New London. Although forbidden to use the name Pequot by the treaty that ended the war, under C