USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Wampanoag people, the “People of the First Light, ” are responsible for saving the Pilgrims from starvation and death during the harsh winter of 1620–21.

Detailed explanation-2: -A friendly Indian named Squanto helped the colonists. He showed them how to plant corn and how to live on the edge of the wilderness. A soldier, Capt. Miles Standish, taught the Pilgrims how to defend themselves against unfriendly Indians.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mashpee 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. After an arduous process lasting more than three decades, the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007.

Detailed explanation-4: -The native inhabitants of the region around Plymouth Colony were the various tribes of the Wampanoag people, who had lived there for some 10, 000 years before the Europeans arrived. Soon after the Pilgrims built their settlement, they came into contact with Tisquantum, or Squanto, an English-speaking Native American.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: Native Americans helped Pilgrims by teaching the Pilgrims how to plant corn, where to fish and where to hunt beaver. Native Americans also served as guides around the area for the Pilgrims, as well as interpreters for colonial leaders and Native American chiefs of nearby tribes.