BOURNE — Residents at Monday's town meeting overwhelmingly voted to spend $50,000 for an archeological study at Burying Hill clearing the way for Herring Pond Wampanoag tribal citizens to probe the ...

This month, the Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe becomes the first in Massachusetts in nearly 50 years to get state recognition. It was the Wampanoag who first encountered the Pilgrims when they arrived ...

A Texas court ordered that a children’s history book about the Wampanoag tribe, written by Aquinnah author Linda Coombs, be returned to the nonfiction second of an East Texas library system a week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A local organization established to educate Cape Cod communities on the legacy and history of the Wampanoag Nation, launched its ...

The Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s school curriculum frames the Pilgrims as the main characters and reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. It also erases a monumentally sad ...

The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe that has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for over 10,000 years. The Wampanoag did eventually help the Pilgrims, but it was a ...

The Mattapoisett Museum is unveiling a new permanent exhibit that explores the history and culture of the Wampanoag people. The exhibit, "From the Land to the Shore: The Wampanoag of Mattapoisett," ...

MASHPEE — The process to transfer more than 13.5 acres from the town to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will begin after Article 10 and Article 12 passed at Mashpee Town Meeting on Monday. About 594 ...