Revered member of the Mohegan Pequots, responsible for the preservation of her tribe's language and customs.

Fidelia Hoscott is considered the last speaker and preserver of the Mohegan Pequot language. She and her grandmother, Martha Uncas, conversed in their native language, Fidelia calling herself Dji'ts Bud dnaca, meaning "Flying Bird."

Following Fidelia's marriage to William Fielding, they continued to live in the traditional Mohegan life style. After her husband's death, Fidelia tended a tiny garden and searched the woods for food and herbs. About 1900, Frank Speck, a student of anthropology at Columbia , sought out Fidelia in his effort to salvage what remained of a dying language.

After Fidelia's death, four of her diaries were found and translations made by Speck. They are now preserved in the archives of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City . On May 24, 1936 , an estimated 1,000 people gathered at the Ancient Burial Grounds of the Mohegans, Fort Shantok State Park in Montville , to pay tribute to Fidelia Hoscott Fielding.