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Wampanoag probably derives from Wapanoos, first documented on Adriaen Block's 1614 map, which was the earliest European representation of the Wampanoag territory. The Wampanoag translate this word to "People of the First Light."
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 people are indigenous Algonquian peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who lived throughout northeast North America and are currently tribally based in present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island with descendants spread throughout the world.
Location of the land holdings of the 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 (Wampanoag: Noepe, the land amid the streams [3]) in Massachusetts (Wampanoag: Mâsach8sut [2]), United States.
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
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]
Monomoy Island (and point): (Wampanoag) "look-out place" or "deep water" Muskeget Island (and channel): (Wampanoag) "grassy place" Mystic River: (Natick) "great tidal stream" Nagog Pond: Concord water supply located in Acton; Nantasket Beach: (Natick/Wampanoag) "at the strait" or "low-tide place" Nashawena Island: (Wampanoag) "between" Nashoba ...
Jessie Little Doe Baird (Mashpee Wampanoag, born 1963), linguist and preserver of the Massachusett language; Hobomok, Wampanoag interpreter; Don Luis (died 1571), Kiskiack or Paspahegh guide and interpreter for a party of Jesuit missionaries in Virginia; Joseph James and Joseph James, Jr., Kaw/Osage interpreters and guides