Wampanoag
Native American tribes in Massachusetts
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| November 19 2024 | The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe was granted state recognition by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey through Executive Order 637, officially recognizing their status as a state-recognized Native American tribe based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| December 2021 | The United States Department of the Interior granted the Mashpee Wampanoag 'substantial control' over 320 acres on Cape Cod. |
| 2018 | Mashpee High School begins a course teaching the Wampanoag language as part of efforts to revive the indigenous language. |
| 2015 | A comprehensive research project, 'Massachusetts Native Peoples and the Social Contract: A Reassessment for Our Times', was initiated to provide an updated assessment of the cultural, linguistic, and economic status of Wampanoag peoples, including those from both federally and non-federally recognized tribes. |
| 2015 | The federal government declares 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's initial reservation, enabling the tribe to exercise full tribal sovereignty rights. |
| November 2011 | The Massachusetts legislature passed a law licensing up to three gaming resort casinos, giving the Wampanoag a 'headstart' to develop casino plans in southeastern Massachusetts. |
| 2010 | Tribal council chair Cheryl Andrews-Maltais proposed plans for developing a casino on the Aquinnah reservation, which faced opposition from state and local officials. |
| 2010 | US Census recorded 2,756 Wampanoag people, providing an official population count for this Native American tribe in Massachusetts. |
| 2010 | Jessie Little Doe Baird was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship for her work in developing a 10,000-word Wôpanâak-English dictionary and language preservation efforts. |
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