Wampanoag Nation

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The Wampanoag Nation is a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their early interactions with the Pilgrims in the 17th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wampanoag Nation canonical 5
Sakonnet Wampanoag 1
Wampanoag royal family 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Wampanoag people
Wôpanâak
colonialContactWith English colonists
continent North America
culturalPractice agriculture
corn cultivation
fishing
the Three Sisters agricultural system
whaling
culturalRevitalization Wampanoag language reclamation efforts
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
currentStateJurisdiction Massachusetts
Rhode Island
demographicImpact suffered severe population loss from epidemics
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalPeriod 17th century
Pre-Columbian era
historicalTerritory Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Plymouth, England
surface form: Plymouth region
knownFor early interactions with the Pilgrims
participation in early Thanksgiving narratives
languageFamily Algonquian languages
laterReligion Christianity
leader Philip (King Philip)
surface form: King Philip

Massasoit
Metacom
modernIssue land rights disputes
sovereignty and federal recognition
nativeTo present-day Massachusetts
present-day Rhode Island
neighboringPeople Massachusett people
Narragansett people
Nauset people
notableColonyInteraction Plymouth Colony
notableEvent King Philip's War
partOf Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands cultural area
region New England
religion traditional Indigenous spiritual practices
subgroupOf Algonquian peoples
surface form: Eastern Algonquian peoples
traditionalHousing wetus
traditionalLanguage Wampanoag language
treatyWith Plymouth Colony

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mooanam memberOf Wampanoag Nation
this entity surface form: Wampanoag royal family
Sakonnet band partOf Wampanoag Nation
Pocasset band of the Wampanoag partOf Wampanoag Nation
Peter Awashanks affiliation Wampanoag Nation
this entity surface form: Sakonnet Wampanoag
Wôpanâôt8âôk languageOf Wampanoag Nation
Alexander peopleRepresented Wampanoag Nation