Wampanoag
Thanksgiving feast hosts
Wampanoag refers to a Native American people indigenous to southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
The Wampanoag are historically significant for their early contact with English colonists—they assisted the Plymouth settlers and participated in what became known as the first Thanksgiving.
The name means "People of the First Light" or "Eastern People." Today the Wampanoag Nation continues as a federally recognized tribe: The Wampanoag have lived in this region for over 12,000 years.
1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- SquantoPatuxet who helped Pilgrims
- MassasoitWampanoag sachem, 1620s
Thanksgiving · 1620 · colonists · King Philip's War · treaty · alliance · first contact · colonial era
Ceremonial tribal gathering
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
- clambakeOutdoor seaside shellfish meal
- dugout canoeBoat hewn from timber
- quahogHard-shelled edible clam
oral tradition · storytelling · beadwork · regalia · cranberry · shellfish · deer hunting · cornmeal
Eastern Algonquian tribe
Massachusetts island off Cape Cod
- Cape CodMassachusetts coastal peninsula
- tribal nationSelf-governing indigenous political entity
- federal recognitionGovernment's formal tribal acknowledgment
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
reservation · tribal council · cultural preservation · language revival · land rights · repatriation · education programs · museum
Mayflower
1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- SquantoPatuxet who helped Pilgrims
Massasoit · Thanksgiving · 1620 · colonists · King Philip's War · treaty · alliance · first contact · colonial era · English settlers
powwow
Ceremonial tribal gathering
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
- clambakeOutdoor seaside shellfish meal
- dugout canoeBoat hewn from timber
quahog · oral tradition · storytelling · beadwork · regalia · cranberry · shellfish · deer hunting · cornmeal · succotash
Narragansett
Eastern Algonquian tribe
- PequotAlgonquian people of Connecticut
- LenapeAlgonquian-speaking Eastern people
- PowhatanVirginia Algonquian confederation
Mohican · Abenaki · Mahican · Montauk · Eastern Woodlands
Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts island off Cape Cod
- Cape CodMassachusetts coastal peninsula
- tribal nationSelf-governing indigenous political entity
- federal recognitionGovernment's formal tribal acknowledgment
sovereignty · reservation · tribal council · cultural preservation · language revival · land rights · repatriation · education programs · museum · heritage center
- Massachusetts TribesPawtucket
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- Coastal PeoplesHaida, Aleut, Inuit, Salish, Squamish
- Eastern TribesLenape, Iroquois, Delaware, Mohawk, Seneca
- Indigenous PeoplesAboriginal, First Nations, Aboriginals, Native Americans, Inuit
WampanoagEnglish colonists
British immigrants to America
Pilgrims · Puritans · European settlers · English settlers · colonizers
WampanoagPequot
Algonquian people of Connecticut
Narragansett · Mohawk · Iroquois Confederacy · Abenaki · Mohegan