| Full Name: | Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council |
| Named After: | Algonquian peoples, Quinnipiac people |
| Formation: | 1991 |
| Founder: | Iron Thunderhorse |
| Defunct: | --> |
| Type: | nonprofit organization |
| Tax Id: | EIN 06-1301617 |
| Purpose: | Human Services (P20) |
| Headquarters: | Milltown, Indiana |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publication: | --> |
| Parent Organisation: | --> |
The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council (ACQTC) is a cultural heritage group and nonprofit organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Quinnipiac people. They are based in Milltown, Indiana,[1] but also hold events in Connecticut.[2]
The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council is an unrecognized tribe. This organization is neither a federally recognized tribe[3] nor a state-recognized tribe.[4]
In 1991, the Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council, Inc. registered a nonprofit organization.[1] [5]
Their registered address is in Milltown, Indiana, while the registered agent's address is in Branford, Connecticut.[5]
Gordon "Fox Running" Brainerd is the group's registered agent.[5] Ruth Thunderhorse formerly served as the principal officer.[1] She goes by "Little Owl," lives in Indiana, and is married to Iron Thunderhorse, who has been imprisoned in Texas for "rape, kidnapping, and robbery" since 1977.[6]
Officers include:
The Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council has held powwows at the Old Stone Church in East Haven, Connecticut.[7]
They founded the Algonquian Confederacies Language Institute in 1999.[8]
Gordon "Running Fox" Brainerd (d. 2021),[9] who identified as the ACQTC Bear Clan Medicine Chief, lectured on American Indian history and donated his personal items to the Dudley Farm Museum in Guilford, Connecticut.[10] Brainerd collected ancient Native American tool through digs in Branford, Guilford, and Madison, Connecticut.[10] He was never able to establish a genealogical connection to the historic Quinnipiac tribe.[9]