Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Using more than $2.5 million in federal grant funds, The Association to Preserve Cape Cod, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and other agencies will work to restore fish passage in the Mashpee River.

Gov. Maura Healey granted the designation Tuesday by executive order. The tribe is the fourth in Massachusetts to receive state recognition.

jessie little doe baird of the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project is on a mission to bring the language back to the Wampanoag people.

The U.S Supreme Court announced that it would not hear an appeal by a group of Taunton residents who sought to reverse a lower court’s ruling to keep Mashpee Wampanoag tribal lands in trust. It was the final ruling of a case originally brought in 2015.

“Orange Shirt Day” is an official Canadian holiday that recognizes Indigenous children who were taken from their families and sent to Residential Schools, where, for 150 years, they were stripped of their cultures and forced to assimilate. Experts say there were at least 523 of these schools across the United States. At least 408 received federal funding.

More intense storms, rising sea levels, toxic algae blooms, and other environmental crises are making it harder for tribes to practice their culture and to pass it on.

Pawâw is dedicated to the late Chief Silent Drum, who died in April. The celebration of healing and strength runs July 1-3 and will feature drumming and dancing.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s general election was held on Sunday, February 12th. Eleven candidates were running for six open seats on the Tribal Council.

Plymouth police are pursuing charges against two Mashpee residents, including the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, in the alleged theft of four items from the Wampanoag homesite at the Plimoth Patuxet Museums.

The tribe secured more than $9 million to develop a fiber-optic system.