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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 region of New England in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area. New England is in the Northeastern United States, and comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Wampanoag connection to the first Thanksgiving. Tribal Chairman Brian Weeden says the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has existed for over 12,000 years in current-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Following the Wampanoag defeat in King Philip's War (1675–1676), those on the mainland were resettled with the Sakonnet in present-day Rhode Island. Other Wampanoag were forced to settle in the praying towns, such as Mashpee, in Barnstable County on Cape Cod. The colonists sold many Wampanoag men into slavery in the Caribbean, and enslaved ...