Wampanoag Tribes

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Tribal Headquarters
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah 20 Black Brook Road Aquinnah, MA 02535-1546 Phone: 1.508.645.9265 Fax: 1.508.645.3790


 * Mashpee Wampanoag official web site

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 placed on reservations called "plantations" (Gay Head on Martha's Vineyard and Mashpee on Cape Cod)

1833-1835: Mashpee Revolt 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.

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