WEBSTER/DUDLEY BAND OF CHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG NIPMUCK INDIANS
The Dudley Indians were sometimes referred to as the Pegan Tribe, but are known by Native Americans as Nipmucks. Specifically, they were a distinct band of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indian Tribe. Background information on the common lands of the Dudley Tribe and efforts by the Tribe to seek federal recognition follow.
Partition of the Indian Lands in Webster, Mass., as surveyed by Hines Allen; sold November 22, 1887 by Charles E. Stevens and Thomas Harrington, Commissioners, as recorded at the Worcester South Registry of Deeds in Book 1248, Page 653 (the “Dudley Partition Plan”).
Sale of five parcels of land shown on the Dudley Partition Plan by Commissioners Charles E. Stevens and Thomas Harrington under a decree of Judge Adin Thayer of the Worcester Probate Court as recorded at the Worcester South Registry of Deeds in Book 1260, Page 16.
Report on the Dudley Indians, by John E. Lynch, as presented to the Worcester Society of Antiquity on May 6, 1888.
Summary under the Criteria and Evidence for Proposed Finding, Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, September 25, 2001.
Summary under the Criteria and Evidence for Final Determination against Federal Acknowledgment of the Nipmuc Nation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, June 18, 2004.