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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.
Licensed health care workers will not be disciplined for distributing supplies like fentanyl test strips and cookers to mix or heat drugs. Opioid crisis in Mass.: Mashpee Wampanoag, state to get ...
For years, sketched plans of a Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal child care facility have been just that: plans. "It's been in the works for a while," said Mashpee Wampanoag Education Department's ...
After four legal cases dating from 2015, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe can claim land. An appeal is still possible, tribe attorney says. New court decision puts Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in control.
Paula Peters is a journalist, educator and activist. A member of the Wampanoag tribe, she has spent most of her life in her tribal homeland of Mashpee, Massachusetts.She hails from a prominent Mashpee Wampanoag family, including Tribal Chairman Russell "Fast Turtle" Peters (her father), and was active in the tribe's long and contested push for federal recognition. [1]
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 ...
About 30 Wampanoag children attended the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, said Frye. A federal investigation confirmed almost 1,000 deaths at U.S. government boarding schools
Mashpee is described as a safe and peaceful sanctuary until the 1960s brought modern civilization and gentrification, forcing Native people onto their designated tribal lands. After the feast and celebration end, a group of men surround the fire and beat the drum, a cultural, social, and spiritual center of Mashpee Wampanoags.