Knowledge Keepers Statue Honors Wampanoag Artist

Beside the Museum of Fine Art staircase in Boston rests a shimmering statue of Julia Marden holding an eagle feather fan triumphantly above her head.

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Texas County Reverses Decision to Send Aquinnah Author's History Book to Fiction Section

“Hopefully this whole experience will open people’s eyes,” said author Linda Coombs. “This history needs to be told.”

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Closing of Gay Head School Still Reverberates for Tribal Elders

Last week, six former students, now elders of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), gathered in the Aquinnah town hall to talk about the history of the Gay Head School and the impact it had on their lives.

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Embracing the Art of Weaving Past and Present Together

A six-foot long cape covered with gray turkey feathers sits triumphantly inside a glass box at the Aquinnah Cultural Center. It may be the first of its kind to be created in over 400 years.

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Linda Coombs Lifts Up the Wampanoag Story

Historian and Wampanoag tribal elder Linda Coombs recently published Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. On Monday, she spoke at Aquinnah town hall about her book and her career.

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Vineyard Bookshelf: Wampanoag Art for the Ages

It's been 402 years since English religious pilgrims settled in Plymouth at the native Wampanoag town of Patuxet.

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Wampanoag Historian Takes Museum Audience Back in Time

In a presentation entitled The Wampanoag and Noepe as One, historian Darius Coombs took Vineyarders on a journey that stretches back over 12,000 years.

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Unpacking Origins of Thanksgiving Leads to Hard Truths

With Thanksgiving on the minds of many, members of the Wampanoag tribe spoke on a chilly Thursday evening to reflect on what to them is not a festive holiday.

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Indians Planning Day of Mourning: Wampanoags to Host the Cape Cod Event

A national day of mourning is to be observed by Indians from all parts of the country at Plymouth on Thanksgiving Day, with Gay Head’s Indians - members of the Wampanoag tribe - among those serving as hosts. The solemn two-day event will begin the night before Thanksgiving at the Bourne High School and will continue until mid-afternoon Thursday, in Plymouth, when the annual Pilgrim Parade is scheduled to begin.

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Wampanoags Observe Indigenous Peoples Day

Dozens of Wampanoag tribal members from Aquinnah, Chappaquiddick and Mashpee gathered at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Monday afternoon to observe Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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