Pokanoket region

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The Pokanoket region was the ancestral homeland of the Pokanoket people, a Wampanoag tribal group in what is now southern New England, known for its central role in early Native American–Pilgrim relations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American homeland
ancestral homeland
historical region
ancestralHomelandOf Pokanoket
surface form: Pokanoket people

Wampanoag people
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegionOf Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
ethnicGroup Pokanoket
surface form: Pokanoket people

Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag
hasHeritage Native American history
Wampanoag cultural traditions
historicalPeriod early 17th century
indigenousTo Pokanoket
surface form: Pokanoket people

Wampanoag people
knownFor association with Plymouth Colony
central role in early Native American–Pilgrim relations
early contact with English colonists
language Wampanoag language
locatedIn New England
southern New England
locatedInPresentDay Massachusetts
Rhode Island
partOf Wampanoag homelands
surface form: Wampanoag territory
relatedTo Pilgrims
Plymouth Colony
Pokanoket
surface form: Pokanoket people

Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
significantEvent early encounters between Wampanoag and Pilgrims
formation of early alliances between Pokanoket leaders and Pilgrims

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Metacomet associatedWith Pokanoket region
this entity surface form: Pokanoket territory around Mount Hope Bay
Pokanoket hasAlternateName Pokanoket region
this entity surface form: Pokanoket Village
this entity surface form: Pocasset territory
Sowams partOf Pokanoket region
this entity surface form: Pokanoket territory
Massasoit placeOfBirth Pokanoket region
Massasoit placeOfDeath Pokanoket region
this entity surface form: Pokanoket territory
Wamsutta territory Pokanoket region
this entity surface form: Pokanoket lands in present-day southeastern Massachusetts