Pokanoket region

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Native American homeland ancestral homeland historical region

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Pokanoket territory 2
Pocasset territory 1
Pokanoket Village 1

Statements (30)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

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