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The Wampanoag (/ ˈwɑːmpənɔːɡ /), also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. [3] Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Today, two Wampanoag tribes are federally ...
other Wampanoag people. 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 Wampanoag treaty was a treaty signed on April 1 [O.S. March 22], 1621 [1] between the Wampanoag, led by Massasoit, and the English settlers of Plymouth Colony, led by Governor John Carver. Massasoit handing a peace pipe to Governor John Carver in Plymouth, 1621.
An archeologist's examination of an Orleans conservation area is shedding light on Wampanoag history previously "hidden in plain sight," according to Historical Commission Chair Ronald Petersen ...
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 within Rhode Island. The Great Swamp Massacre or the Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett people in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) [4] was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands against the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head. 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 in Massachusetts, United States. [3] The tribe hosts an annual Cranberry Day celebration. [4][5]