Wampanoag people

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The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands
Native American people
alternateName Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag Nation

Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag Tribe
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice clambakes
wampum making
wetus (wigwam-style dwellings)
culturalRegion New England
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
economy agriculture
fishing
hunting
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Wampanoag people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
government tribal council
historicalEvent King Philip's War
alliance with Plymouth Colony in 1621
historicalPeriod 17th century
Pre-Columbian era
historicalVillage Aquinnah
Chilmark
Gay Head
Mashpee, Massachusetts
surface form: Mashpee

Nauset Beach
surface form: Nauset

Patuxet
Pokanoket
knownFor early contact with English colonists at Plymouth Colony
participation in the 1621 harvest feast later associated with Thanksgiving
language Wampanoag language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
leader Awashonks
Massasoit
Metacom
Wamsutta
Weetamoo
legalStatus sovereign tribal nations within the United States
modernReservation Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard
Mashpee, Massachusetts
nativeName Wampanoag people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wôpanâak
partOf Mahican
surface form: Algonquian peoples
relatedEthnicGroup Massachusett people
Narragansett people
Nauset people
Pequot people
religion Christianity
traditional Wampanoag spirituality
revitalizationEffort Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
stateRecognizedTribe Herring Pond Wampanoag
subgroup Wampanoag people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation

Mashpee, Massachusetts
surface form: Herring Pond Wampanoag

Wampanoag people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Aquinnah
surface form: Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
traditionalCrop beans
corn
squash
traditionalRegion Massachusetts
New England
Rhode Island
treaty 1621 peace treaty with Plymouth colonists

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Narragansett relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mukayuhsak Weekuw Wôpanâak Language Immersion Charter School ethnicCommunityServed Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
British–Native American wars opponent Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation heritageLanguage Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag (Wôpanâak)
Wôpanâak spokenBy Wampanoag people
Great Swamp Fight associatedPeople Wampanoag people
Sowams associatedWithEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Sowams relatedConcept Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Squanto ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Squanto memberOf Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Patuxet tribe
Squanto associatedWith Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Samoset associatedWith Wampanoag people
Northeast Woodlands inhabitedBy Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mooanam ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mooanam countryOfCitizenship Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Mooanam culture Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Massachusett language spokenBy Wampanoag people
Pokanoket region ancestralHomelandOf Wampanoag people
Pokanoket region ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Pokanoket region indigenousTo Wampanoag people
Pokanoket region relatedTo Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Sunoho hasEthnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Sunoho associatedWith Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mourt’s Relation subject Wampanoag people
Mourt’s Relation describesGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Philip (King Philip) ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Philip (King Philip) people Wampanoag people
Jessie Little Doe Baird ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wamsutta ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wamsutta culture Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wamsutta partOf Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Mahikan relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Thanksgiving Day historicalAssociation Wampanoag people
Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wampanoag homelands traditionalHomelandOf Wampanoag people
Pocasset (present-day Tiverton, Rhode Island area) ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Pocasset (present-day Tiverton, Rhode Island area) culture Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag culture
First Thanksgiving (1621) hasParticipant Wampanoag people
Sakonnet band ethnicGroupOf Wampanoag people
Sakonnet region historicallyInhabitedBy Wampanoag people
Sakonnet region culturalRegionOf Wampanoag people
Sakonnet region preColonialInhabitants Wampanoag people
Tobias ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Tobias culture Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Tobias community Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag