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Wampanoag (wäm'pənō`ăg), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). In the early 17th cent. they occupied the region extending E from Narragansett Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, including Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The Wampanoag were sometimes referred to as the Pokanoket, from the name of their principal village. When the Pilgrims settled (1620) at Plymouth, the Wampanoag, although reduced by the pestilence of 1617, were powerful, living in some 30 villages. Their chief, Massasoit Massasoit , c.1580–1661, chief of the Wampanoag. He was also known as Ousamequin (spelled in various ways). One of the most powerful native rulers of New England, he went to Plymouth in 1621 and signed a treaty with the Pilgrims, which he faithfully observed
..... Click the link for more information. , was very friendly to the settlers. His son, Metacom (Philip), however, was the central figure of the deadliest war with the colonists, King Philip's War King Philip's War, 1675–76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag. His Wampanoag name was Metacom, Metacomet, or Pometacom.
..... Click the link for more information. (1675). The victory of the English brought ruin to the tribe. The Wampanoag were harried almost out of existence, the remnant consolidating with the Saconnet. However, in 1990 there were over 2,000 Wampanoag living in the United States, most of them in Massachusetts. The Wampanoag were of the Eastern Woodlands culture area (see under Natives, North American Natives, North American, peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th cent. They have long been known as Indians because of the belief prevalent at the time of Columbus that the Americas were the outer reaches of the Indies (i.e.
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See M. A. Travers, The Wampanoag Indian Federation of the Algonquian Nation (rev. ed. 1961).

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No references found	The Wampanoags are also arguing that the tribe's ancient burial grounds lie in Horseshoe Shoals, beneath the waves and on the very spot where the Cape Wind turbines would be erected. Blowing smoke; Cape Wind objections groundless by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) In popular culture, Philip's death, for example, was the centerpiece of one of the most successful plays of the 19th century, John Augustus Stone's Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags, premiering in New York in 1829. "There were many Indians in the story": hidden history in Hemingway's ... by Melling, Philip / The Hemingway Review Using texts produced by the Mohegans, the Narragansetts, Natick, the Pequots, and the Wampanoags, the contributors of the accompanying essays explain the continuity of expression from pre-contact days through contemporary encounters with English. Early native literacies in New England; a documentary and critical ... by Reference & Research Book News	Walton Walton and Weybridge Walton County Walton, Bill Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, Ernest Thompson Sinton Walton, George Walton, Izaak Walton, John C. Walton, Sam Walton, Sir William Walton, Sir William Turner Walton, Tony Walton-le-Dale Waltons, The Waltz Walvis Bay Walvis Ridge Walvisbaii Walworth County Walzer, Michael WAM WAMBAM Wampanoag Wampanoag Powwow Wampanoags Wampum WAN WAN accelerator WAN administrator WAN port WAN router Wan-Hsien Wanaka, Lake Wanamaker, John Wanamaker, Sam wand Wanda Jakubowska Wanda Landowska wander wander correction Wander, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wandering wandering dune Wandering Jew wandering sequence wandering water Wanderjahr Wandsworth wane Waner, Paul	WAMIS WAMIT WAMITAB WAMK WAML WAMLE WAMM WAMMA WAMMAS WAMMCO WAMME Wammel WAMMI wammul Wammy bar WAMN WAMO WAMOA WAMOSCOPE WAMP WAMP Wampa Wampanoag Wampanoag Wampanoag (tribe) Wampanoag (tribe) Wampanoag Powwow Wampanoags WAMPC wampee WAMPO WAMPOS WAMPP wamps wampum wampum wampum wampumpeag WAMR WAMRI WAMRL WAMRS WAMS WAMSB WAMSE WAMSNET WAMSS WAMT WAMTA WAMTC WAMTI Wamu WAMUG WAMUNC

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The Wampanoags are also arguing that the tribe's ancient burial grounds lie in Horseshoe Shoals, beneath the waves and on the very spot where the Cape Wind turbines would be erected.

Blowing smoke; Cape Wind objections groundless by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

In popular culture, Philip's death, for example, was the centerpiece of one of the most successful plays of the 19th century, John Augustus Stone's Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags, premiering in New York in 1829.

"There were many Indians in the story": hidden history in Hemingway's ... by Melling, Philip / The Hemingway Review

Using texts produced by the Mohegans, the Narragansetts, Natick, the Pequots, and the Wampanoags, the contributors of the accompanying essays explain the continuity of expression from pre-contact days through contemporary encounters with English.

Early native literacies in New England; a documentary and critical ... by Reference & Research Book News

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