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The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (Wampanoag: Âhqunah Wôpanâak [2]) is a federally recognized tribe of Wampanoag people based in the town of Aquinnah on the southwest tip of Martha's Vineyard (Wampanoag: Noepe, the land amid the streams [3]) in Massachusetts (Wampanoag: Mâsach8sut [2]), United States.
The people gained federal recognition as the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head in 1987 and controls sovereign tribal lands within the town boundaries. In 2015, erosion at the town's western end led to a $3.5 million, 129 feet (39 m) move of its prominent, red brick Gay Head Light. [11] In February 2019, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head announced it ...
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) are headquartered in Aquinnah, Massachusetts. Aquinnah translates as "land under the hill". [78] [79] They are the only Wampanoag tribe to have a formal land-in-trust reservation, which is located on Martha's Vineyard.
Louisa Pocknett Devine died on Aug. 29, 1874, and was a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. She was listed in the complaint as former land owner. Appeal lost by family to claim Wampanoag ...
Right from the beginning, said Petersen, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council and the Gay Head (Aquinnah) Wampanoag Tribal Council were notified of the survey, and provided copies of Zoto's full ...
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais and NaDaizja Bolling are running for Gay Head (Aquinnah) Wampanoag Tribal Council election for chairperson.
In 1972, the Gay Head Tribal Council Inc. formed to pursue federal acknowledgement of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Chief Donald F. Malonson stated "it took the federal government more than $2 million to figure out who we were when we already knew who we were." [7] After an arduous process, the tribe received federal recognition ...
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais won a 5th term as chair of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Wampanoag Tribal Council. The election results were announced on Sunday.