Wampanoag
a member of a once-powerful North American Indian people who inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the Pilgrim settlement.
the Eastern Algonquian speech of the Wampanoag people, a dialect of Massachusett.
Origin of Wampanoag
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How to use Wampanoag in a sentence
The word squash comes from the Wampanoag word, askutasquash.
What Thanksgiving Means Today to the Native American Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims | Olivia B. Waxman | November 23, 2021 | Time“We want to make sure these kids understand what it means to be Native and to be Wampanoag,” said Nitana Greendeer, a Mashpee Wampanoag who is the head of the tribe’s school.
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. | Dana Hedgpeth | November 4, 2021 | Washington PostBy then, only a few of the original Wampanoag tribes still existed.
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. | Dana Hedgpeth | November 4, 2021 | Washington PostA math lesson involved building a traditional Wampanoag wetu.
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. | Dana Hedgpeth | November 4, 2021 | Washington Post“That backstory is so important to knowing the impact on the Wampanoag, of both pre-colonial and colonial contact,” says Peters.
400 Years After the Mayflower Set Sail, a New Exhibit Acknowledges the U.K.'s Impact on Native American Communities | Suyin Haynes | September 16, 2020 | Time
Probably in October, the Pilgrims met their Wampanoag neighbors for three days of feasting on wildfowl and venison.
Alternatively, perhaps the first Thanksgiving was a Wampanoag idea, a nickommo.
The gun of the former missed fire, whereupon the Indian leveled his musket and shot the Wampanoag leader dead.
The Greater Republic | Charles MorrisShe, like the groom's mother, probably belonged to the Wampanoag tribe.
Metacom hath often seen the long line of Wampanoag Chiefs, in his sleep?
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish | James Fenimore CooperWampanoag, I have followed the trail, that your ears may listen to the talk of a Pale-face.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish | James Fenimore CooperHe had gone but a short way when he came upon the Wampanoag chief in a hunting-lodge.
Famous Indian Chiefs | Charles H. L. Johnston
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