 Despite their contentious histories and disagreements, both groups continued to participate in tribal activities and to identify as members of the Mohegan people.The Hamilton band of Mohegans continues to function and govern themselves independently of the MTIC, holding periodic gatherings and activities in their traditional territory of south central Connecticut.The last living native speaker of the Mohegan language, Fidelia "Flying Bird" A. Hoscott Fielding, died in 1908.