USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Wampanoag have lived in southeastern Massachusetts for more than 12, 000 years. They are the tribe first encountered by Mayflower Pilgrims when they landed in Provincetown harbor and explored the eastern coast of Cape Cod and when they continued on to Patuxet (Plymouth ) to establish Plymouth Colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Wampanoags didn’t live in tepees. They lived in villages of small round houses called wetus, or wigwams. Here are some pictures of a Wampanoag wetu and other wigwams.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present-day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12, 000 years. They were part of a rich tapestry of indigenous people with a vast variety of tribes, societies and cultures numbering many times over those present today.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts in 1620, one of the first native leaders the Pilgrims met was Massasoit, the intertribal chief of the Wampanoag Nation. The Wampanoag, whose people still live in New England today, once had tribal lands that stretched from Cape Code to Rhode Island.

Detailed explanation-5: -Today, about 4, 000-5, 000 Wampanoag live in New England. There are multiple Wampanoag communities-Aquinnah, Mashpee, Herring Pond, Assonet, Chappaquiddick, Pocasset, and Seaconke-with smaller groups and communities across the United States and world.