Before Europeans arrived, the New Haven area was the home of the Quinnipiac tribe of Native Americans, who lived in villages around the harbor and subsisted off local fisheries and the farming of maize.
Antes de que os europeos chegasen, a área de New Haven era o fogar da tribo Quinnipiac de nativos americanos, que vivían en vilas ao redor do porto e subsistían das pesquerías locais e do cultivo de millo.