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The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (formerly Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. Recognized in 2007, they are headquartered in Mashpee on Cape Cod. The other Wampanoag tribe is the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard.
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe attended the first Thanksgiving: 16-year-old Ciara Hendricks is their Powwow Princess and face of the future.
With almost four centuries of Native American leadership and ministry, the Old Meeting House is a place of historic and spiritual significance to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. [6] In 1833 it was the site of the Mashpee Revolt, when tribal members and their minister, William Apess ( Pequot ), protested state intrusions on their self-governance ...
Today, there are two federally recognized Wampanoag tribes and one state-recognized Wampanoag tribe. [48] [49] The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has about 3,200 enrolled citizens in 2023. [50] The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) had 1,364 enrolled tribal citizens in 2019. [51] The state-recognized Herring Pond Tribe has not posted their ...
In 2015, the federal government declared 150 acres in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Tribe’s initial reservation, on which the Tribe can exercise its full sovereignty rights ...
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is now talking about changing the "scope" of the casino project. It's unclear yet exactly what that means, but at the time of the groundbreaking in 2016, the tribe said ...
Cedric Cromwell, also known as Qaqeemasq (or Running Bear) in Wôpanâak, is the Former Tribal Council Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts. [1] Elected in 2009 as chairman, Cedric Cromwell was the head of the official elected government for the 2,600-member federally recognized tribe.
After four legal cases dating from 2015, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe can claim land. An appeal is still possible, tribe attorney says. New court decision puts Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in control.