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  2. Native American tribes in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Historic Wampanoag territory, c. 1620 Massachusetts has two federally recognized tribes.They have met the seven criteria of an American Indian tribe: being an American Indian entity since at least 1900, a predominant part of the group forms a distinct community and has done so throughout history into the present; holding political influence over its members, having governing documents ...

  3. Category:Native American tribes in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    This category is for Native American tribes in Massachusetts. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. M. Massachusett (2 C, 2 ...

  4. List of Massachusetts placenames of Native American origin

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    Massachusetts – from an Algonquian language of southern New England, and apparently means "near the small big mountain", usually identified as Great Blue Hill on the border of Milton and Canton, Massachusetts [1] (c.f. the Narragansett name Massachusêuck).

  5. List of federally recognized tribes by state - Wikipedia

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    Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]

  6. Naumkeag people - Wikipedia

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    Naumkeag is a historical tribe of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people who lived in northeastern Massachusetts. They controlled most of the territory from the Charles River to the Merrimack River at the time of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640) .

  7. List of place names of Native American origin in New England

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    Our aboriginals spoke an eastern branch of the group. It often happened that whole regions were named after the tribe inhabiting it, such as Massachusetts, nor does this appear to have been an English naming convention only. In this the aboriginals were non-different from the tribes of classical Europe, whose names still dot the map of Europe.

  8. Massachusett - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusett are a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At the Great Hill," referring to the Blue Hills overlooking Boston Harbor from the south.

  9. Category:Native American history of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Native American tribes in Massachusetts (5 C, 25 P) P. Native Americans connected with Plymouth Colony (13 P) S. ... A Map of New England; Aquinnah, Massachusetts;