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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Tobias people Wampanoag people
cliffs of Aquinnah culturallySignificantTo Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Cliffs of Aquinnah
cliffs of Aquinnah sacredSiteFor Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Cliffs of Aquinnah
Quiripi people culturallyRelatedTo Wampanoag people
Pilgrim Separatists interactedWith Wampanoag people
Nipmuc people neighboringGroup Wampanoag people
Massachusett relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Moshup (figure in Wampanoag legend) culture Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Moshup
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Moshup (figure in Wampanoag legend) associatedWith Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Moshup
Moshup (figure in Wampanoag legend) veneratedBy Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Moshup
this entity surface form: Wampanoag communities
Anawan ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Peskeompscut massacre victim Wampanoag people
Wigwam usedBy Wampanoag people
Swansea, Plymouth Colony conflictWith Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Swansea, Massachusetts Bay (historical) opposedBy Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mount Hope, Rhode Island associatedWith Wampanoag people
Mount Hope, Rhode Island isSacredSiteFor Wampanoag people
Peter Awashanks ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wootonekanuske ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wootonekanuske associatedWith Wampanoag people
Algonquian peoples includesEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Philip memberOf Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Metacomet
Philip ethnicity Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Metacomet
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Philip countryOfCitizenship Wampanoag people
subject surface form: Metacomet
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Statue of Massasoit associatedWithEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Pocumtuck people neighboringGroup Wampanoag people
Indigenous peoples of New England hasSubgroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Mukayuhsak Weekuw servesCommunity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag community
Tribal Council governsEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Reservation category Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Wôpanâôt8âôk spokenBy Wampanoag people
Wôpanâôt8âôk ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Massasoit–Pilgrim alliance hasParticipant Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Tisquantum ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Tisquantum associatedWith Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Wampanoag Nation alsoKnownAs Wampanoag people
Rhode Island region associatedPeople Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Alexander ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Alexander culture Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Tashtego nationality Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Alexander Pokanoket ethnicity Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag
Alexander Pokanoket countryOfCitizenship Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
Alexander Pokanoket culture Wampanoag people
this entity surface form: Wampanoag