Wampanoag Tribes

History
Original homelands: northern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, and offshore islands

Linquistic: Algonquian

Leaders: Massasoit, Mashpee,

Brief Timeline
1621: Massasoit befriends the Pilgrims.

1676: King Philip's War; many Indians sent to Deer Island and some were sold as slaves in the West Indies.

1700s: Many place on reservations called "plantations" (Gay Head on Martha's Vineyare and Mashpee on Cape Cod)

1833-1835: Mashpee Revold initiates self-government for Native Americans

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Wampanoag tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Tribal Headquarters
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah 20 Black Brook Road Aquinnah, MA 02535-1546 Phone: 508.645.9265 Fax: 508.645.3790

Important Web Sites

 * Mashpee Wampanoag official web site
 * Constitution of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, adopted 1990 and amended 1994 and 1995
 * Minnesota State University EMuseum article on Wampanoag Indians
 * Wampanoag History from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians...
 * Wampanoag History web site by Lee Sultzman
 * Wampanoag Language, History, and Culture
 * Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head official web site
 * Wampanoag - Plimoth Plantation home site
 * Wikipedia article on Wampanoag Indians
 * Wampanoag Wikipedia