Wampanoags
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pluralof Wampanoag.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Wampanoagnouna 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.
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He looks forward to returning years and decades from now not just to see how the plants he helped nourish take hold, but also how Wampanoags use the restored land.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
A plague had killed many Wampanoags before the Pilgrims arrived, and in the winter of 1620-21 the Pilgrims were dying off, too.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
The Wampanoags, whose name means “People of the First Light” in their native language, trace their ancestors back at least 10,000 years to southeastern Massachusetts, a land they called Patuxet.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Squanto mediated between the Pilgrims and the nearby Wampanoags, interpreting for both sides and teaching the English to plant corn.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags, treaty with Plymouth, 138-139.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton