Indigenous Peoples of Massachusetts

The name Massachusetts originates from an Indian word meaning "at or about the great hill"

Tribes and Bands of Massachusetts
The following list of tribes is compiled from:


 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907.
 * Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145

Mahican, Mashpee, Massachuset, Nauset, Nipmuc, Penobscot, Pennacook, Pocomtuc, Wampanoag

Reservations

 * Gay Head Reservation
 * Hassenamisco Reservation
 * Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
 * Wampanoag Reservation

See Also:
Massachusetts-History for a calendar of events

Massachusetts_Military for a list of forts

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