Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

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The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Massachusetts, known as one of the historic Wampanoag communities indigenous to the region around Cape Cod.

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Mashpee Wampanoag 1
Mashpee Wampanoag community 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribe
Wampanoag community
federally recognized tribe
alsoKnownAs Dawnland
surface form: People of the First Light
ancestralLanguage Wampanoag language
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag
federalRecognitionStatus federally recognized
federalRecognitionYear 2007
governsFor Mashpee Wampanoag tribal citizens
hasCulturalHeritage Wampanoag culture
hasCulturalInstitution Mashpee Wampanoag Museum
hasCulturalPractice basket making
powwows
shellfishing
traditional fishing
hasEconomicActivity arts and crafts
cultural tourism
gaming development efforts
hasEnrollment tribal membership roll
hasGovernmentType tribal government
hasJurisdiction tribal members and tribal lands
hasLeaderTitle Tribal Chairman
hasLegislativeBody Tribal Council
hasOfficialWebsite https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/
hasReservation Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Reservation
hasSettlement Mashpee, Massachusetts
indigenousTo Cape Cod
surface form: Cape Cod region

southeastern Massachusetts
isPartOf Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
surface form: Wampanoag Nation
isSubjectOf land-in-trust legal disputes
language English
locatedIn Cape Cod
Massachusetts
participatesIn tribal self-governance
peopleName Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mashpee Wampanoag
recognizedAs historic Wampanoag community
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
recognizedUnder U.S. federal acknowledgment process
region New England
religion Christianity
traditional Wampanoag beliefs
reservationLocatedIn Mashpee, Massachusetts
strugglesWith federal land-into-trust policy changes
land rights issues
traditionalTerritory Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
surface form: Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket region

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Jessie Little Doe Baird associatedWith Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
this entity surface form: Mashpee Wampanoag community
Mashpee, Massachusetts hasIndigenousCommunity Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, Massachusetts isContemporaryHomeOf Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, Massachusetts isHistoricHomeOf Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, Massachusetts namedAfter Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe peopleName Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mashpee Wampanoag
Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project serves Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Wampanoag homelands traditionalHomelandOf Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe