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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 ...
Location of the Hassanamisco Reservation Building on the Hassanamisco Reservation, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band has over 2300 members. [21] They are a state-recognized Tribe and maintain a government-to-government relationship with the state of Massachusetts. [22]
A state designated American Indian reservation is the land area designated by a state for state-recognized American ... Hassanamisco Reservation: MA: 2: 0.0081 (0.021 ...
The Massachusetts Bay Colony passed numerous legislation against Indian culture and religion. New laws were passed to limit the influence of the powwows , or 'shamans', and restricted the ability of non-converted Native Americans to enter colonial towns on the Sabbath . [ 31 ]
The reservation is used by the descendants of the Nipmuck Indians of the previous reservation, c. 1682–1869, that existed in the same area, who now identify as the Webster/Dudley Band of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck. [4] The reservation only consists of 2.5 acres (1.0 hectare), and does not support a permanent population.
Mashpee is the largest Indian reservation set aside in Massachusetts, and is located on Cape Cod. In 1660, the colonists allotted the natives about 50 square miles (130 km 2) there, and beginning in 1665 they had self-government, adopting an English-style court of law and trials. Mashpee sachems Wepquish and Tookenchosin declared in 1665 that ...
American Indian reservations in Massachusetts (3 P) W. Wampanoag (7 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Massachusetts"
The competing settlers also stole wood from the reservation. It was a large region, once rich in wood, fish and game, and desired by white settlers, who envied the growing community of Mashpee. The Mashpee Indians suffered more conflicts with their white neighbors than did other more isolated or less desirable Indian settlements in the state. [3]