Native American Tribes in Massachusetts - Wampanoag, Nantucket Forests, Nipmuc, Patuxet, Boylston Street Fishweir, Nipmuc Nation, Massachusett (Paperback)

Chapters: Wampanoag, Nantucket Forests, Nipmuc, Patuxet, Boylston Street Fishweir, Nipmuc Nation, Massachusett, Nashaway, Pocomtuc, Pennacook, Nauset, Naumkeag People, Chaubunagungamaug Reservation, Hassanamisco Nipmuc, List of American Indian Reservations in Massachusetts, Paomet, Succonet. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 81. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: English (formerly spoke an Algonquian language) Wampanoag tribeThe Wampanoag (pronounced; Wopanaak in the Wampanoag language; alternate spellings Wompanoag or Wampanig) are a Native American nation which currently consists of five tribes. In 1600 the Wampanoag lived in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as within a territory that encompassed current day Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands. Their population numbered about 12,000. Historical Wampanoag leaders included: Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "New Netherland"In 1616, John Smith erroneously referred to the entire Wampanoag confederacy as the Pakanoket. Pakanoket continued to be used in the earliest colonial records and reports. The Pakanoket tribal seat was located near present-day Bristol, Rhode Island. Wampanoag means People of the First Light. The word Wapanoos was first seen on Adriaen Block's 1614 map and was the earliest European representation of Wampanoag territory. Other synonyms include Wapenock, Massasoit and Philip's Indians. See also: Massachusett. The Wampanoag were semi-sedentary, with seasonal movements between fixed sites in present-day southern New England. The "three sisters," corn (maize), beans and squash were the staples of their diet, supplemented by fish and game. More specifically, each community had authority over a well-defined territory from which the people derived th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=390881