As many as 50 to 75 graves are located at a newly discovered 350-year-old burial site on Masons Island in Connecticut.

A couple building a home on the island came across the site. Nearly a dozen graves were exposed during initial construction. Most were adults but at least one infant was discovered.

The couple notified the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which has purchased the site in order to preserve it. The tribe expects to find a village nearby and steps are being taken to preserve some of the land surrounding the burial ground.

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Pequots Lived On Island Given To Their Nemesis (The New London Day 10/22)
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Couple unearths tribal burial site (The Norwich Bulletin 10/22)
Mashantuckets trying to preserve 17th-century cemetery (AP 10/22)