uncasville is an area in the town of montville, connecticut, united states. it is a village in southeastern montville, at the mouth of the oxoboxo river. the name is now applied more generally to all of the east end of montville, which is the area served by the uncasville zip code. in 1994 the federal government officially recognized the mohegan indian tribe of connecticut, which had historically occupied this area. that year congress passed the mohegan nation (connecticut) land claim settlement act. it authorized the united states to take land into trust in northeastern montville for the mohegan tribe's use as a reservation. since gaining a reservation, in 1996 the tribe developed the mohegan sun casino resort. it has also built the mohegan sun arena on their land. the mohegan are one of the native american peoples of the algonquian languages family. ==history== uncasville mill in 1906|thumb uncasville takes its name from uncas, the 17th-century mohegan sachem. the mohegan, originally part of the algonquian-speaking pequot people, became independent through the 17th and 18th centuries; they allied with the english during the pequot war of 1637. uncas established a fortified village for defense, now known as fort shantok, on an elevated site next to the thames river. he later welcomed english colonists to the mohegan lands. the village of uncasville became the site of the first woolen mill in the united states, developed by the brothers john and arthur schofield. their carding and spinning mill was located at the mouth of the oxoboxo river.town of montville plan of conservation and development 2010, may 15, 2010 the uncasville manufacturing corporation operated on the river into the early 20th century, as shown in the postcard image to the right. in the 1950s the olin mathieson chemical corporation established a large manufacturing facility in the sandy desert section in northeastern montville. in 1961, it formed a joint venture, the united nuclear corporation, with mallinckrodt corporation of america, and nuclear development corporation of america. they started with a total of 1400 employees, producing nuclear reactor fuel components for the united states navy nuclear program.united nuclear corporation naval products division, coldwar-ct.com website, accessed june 11, 2011. the site was near trading bay. some parts of the program ended by 1976. after
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