Wampanoag people

E1770

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 Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people

Wampanoag Tribe
linked to: Wampanoag people
continent North America
country United States
culturalPractice clambakes
wampum making
wetus (wigwam-style dwellings)
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: New England
economy agriculture
fishing
hunting
ethnicGroupOf United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
linked to: Wampanoag people

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
Nauset
linked to: Nauset Beach

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 Wôpanâak
linked to: Wampanoag people
partOf Algonquian peoples
linked to: Mahican
relatedEthnicGroup Massachusett people
Narragansett people
Nauset people
Pequot people
religion Christianity
traditional Wampanoag spirituality
revitalizationEffort Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
stateRecognizedTribe Herring Pond Wampanoag
subgroup Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people

Herring Pond Wampanoag
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
linked to: Wampanoag people

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
linked to: Aquinnah
traditionalCrop beans
corn
squash
traditionalRegion Massachusetts
New England
Rhode Island
treaty 1621 peace treaty with Plymouth colonists

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Martha's Vineyard hasIndigenousPeople Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag people nativeName Wôpanâak
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag people alternateName Wampanoag Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag people alternateName Wampanoag Tribe
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag people subgroup Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag people subgroup Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag people federallyRecognizedTribe Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
linked to: Wampanoag people
Plymouth, Massachusetts originalInhabitants Wampanoag people
subject linked to: Plymouth
Aquinnah hasEthnicCommunity Wampanoag people
King Philip's War mainBelligerent Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project serves Wampanoag Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag language alternateName Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag language ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
Massasoit ethnicity Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Massasoit countryOfCitizenship Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people
Native Americans hasSubgroup Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Plymouth Colony neighboringPeople Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Plymouth Colony signedTreatyWith Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Pokanoket ethnicGroup Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Pokanoket partOf Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people
Pokanoket indigenousNation Wampanoag Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people
Weetamoo ethnicity Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Pilgrims interactedWith Wampanoag people
Awashonks ethnicGroup Wampanoag people
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) partOf Wampanoag Nation
linked to: Wampanoag people
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) primaryEthnicity Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Narragansett people relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
Massachusett people relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
Patuxet ethnicGroup Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Patuxet inhabitedBy Wampanoag people
Pequot people relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
Nauset people closelyRelatedTo Wampanoag people
Nauset people culturallySimilarTo Wampanoag people
Nauset people politicallyAssociatedWith Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people
Mohegan tribe relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag people
Metacom ethnicity Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Metacom memberOf Wampanoag people
Metacom countryOfCitizenship Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people
Gay Head hasIndigenousPeople Wampanoag people
Gay Head hasCulturalSignificanceFor Wampanoag people
Herring Pond Wampanoag partOf Wampanoag people
Herring Pond Wampanoag ethnicIdentity Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Attack on Swansea opponent Wampanoag people
Nipmuc relatedEthnicGroup Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Metacomet ethnicity Wampanoag
linked to: Wampanoag people
Metacomet tribalAffiliation Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people
Edward Winslow negotiatedWith Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people