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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.
And on Feb. 10, Judge Angel Kelley issued a 31-page decision affirming a December 2021 decision by the Secretary of the Interior to confirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's right to the reservation land.
On Feb. 10, 2023, Judge Angel Kelley issued a 31-page decision affirming the decision by the Secretary of the Interior to confirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's right to 321 acres of reservation ...
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 ...
Mashpee (/ ˈ m æ ʃ p i / Wampanoag: Mâseepee [1]) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod. The population was 15,060 as of 2020. [ 2 ] The town is the site of the headquarters and most members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe , one of two federally recognized Wampanoag groups.
U.S. Department of Interior reverses a Trump administration order rescinding the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's right to 321 acres of reservation land.
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, ... according to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's website. ...