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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 ...
Indian Ranch Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on September 22, 1964 [53] Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (II). (Copycat band) Letter of Intent to Petition 3/8/1996. [26] [27] Decline to Acknowledge 12/03/2007 (72 FR 67951). Kawaiisu Tribe of the Tejon Indian Reservation [57] Kern Valley Indian Community.
Cohasset became a town separate from Hingham in 1770, 100 years later. [11] Previously, what is today the town of Cohasset was known as Hingham's Second Parish. [12] Cohasset was originally part of Suffolk County, and when the southern part of the county was set off as Norfolk County in 1793, it included the towns of Cohasset, Hingham and Hull.
Acoaxet: (Narragansett) "at the fishing promontory" or "place of small pines"; Agawam: (Nipmuck or Pennacook) "low land" (with water) or "place to unload canoes" (possible portage spot)
A spokesman from the Bureau of Indian Affairs assistant secretary's office said the agency had no further comment about the project beyond the one-page email it sent The Times confirming that the ...
Bergman, Abraham B., et al. "A political history of the Indian Health Service." Milbank Quarterly 77.4 (1999): 571-604. online; Sequist, Thomas D., et al. "Trends in quality of care and barriers to improvement in the Indian Health Service." Journal of general internal medicine 26 (2011): 480-486. online
The NAICOB began as the Boston Indian Council (BIC) on October 20, 1970, following meetings in 1969. [2] During this period the Native American population in Boston and other cities was growing rapidly, and urban centers like the BIC arose to provide health care and other services. [ 3 ]
The Nashaway (or Nashua or Weshacum) were a tribe of Algonquian Indians inhabiting the upstream portions of the Nashua River valley in what is now the northern half of Worcester County, Massachusetts, mainly in the vicinity of Sterling, Lancaster and other towns near Mount Wachusett, as well as southern New Hampshire. [1]