Wampanoag people
Also known as Wampanoag, Wampanoag Confederacy, Wôpanâak
thumbnail|right|300px|Adriaen Block|Adriaen Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "[[New Netherland"]] The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Wampanoag
- Ethnic group.image
- Frank Tramontozzi, MassDOT, & Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chair, Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard (5139305025).jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Cheryl Andrews-Maltais (right), Chairperson of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah with a MassDOT engineer
- Ethnic group.population
- 2,756 (2010 census), 3,841 (2023)
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Massachusetts, formerly Rhode Island
- Ethnic group.rels
- Indigenous religion, Christianity
- Ethnic group.langs
- English, historically Wôpanâak
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Wôpanâak
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Massachusett, Agawam, Nauset Naumkeag, and other Algonquian peoples
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
28 sectionsContents
- Name
- Wampanoag groups and locations
- List
- Culture
- Language and revival
- History
- Conversion to Christianity
- Metacomet (King Philip)
- King Philip's War
- Consequences of the war
- 18th to 20th century
- Mashpee
- Wampanoag on Martha's Vineyard
- Sachems of the Wampanoag
- Current status
- Federally recognized Wampanoag tribes
- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
- Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
- State-recognized tribe
- Cultural heritage groups
- Demographics
- Notable historical Wampanoag people
- Representation in other media
- See also
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumbnail|right|300px|Adriaen Block|Adriaen Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "[[New Netherland"]] The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Today, two Wampanoag tribes are federally recognized: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
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Algonquian ethnonymsAlgonquian peoplesIndigenous peoples of the Northeastern WoodlandsKing Philip's WarMartha's VineyardNantucket, MassachusettsNative American history of MassachusettsNative American history of Rhode IslandNative American tribes in MassachusettsNative American tribes in Rhode IslandPlymouth Colony"Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation