The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation is a Native American group based in southeastern Connecticut. They, along with the Schaghticoke in westernmost Connecticut, have been trying to regain federal recognition from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Federal recognition was revoked in October 2005 following legal action by Connecticut. BIA recognition had been granted in 2002 after approval of a merger between two groups, the Paucatuck Eastern Pequots and the Eastern Pequots, as the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation.
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