Honoring and Educating on Indigenous Peoples Day

The heartbeat of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) rang out through a performance of the Black Brook Singers at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday.

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Harvesting History at Cranberry Day

Earlier this week, members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) made their way past the rolling dunes of Lobsterville Beach to a wild cranberry bog, just as they have done on the second Tuesday of October for centuries. 

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Kinship Heals Looks to Make an Impactful Difference

Kinship Heals has long-range plans to build a shelter in Aquinnah for victims of domestic violence. In the meantime, the organization recently rented a property in Chilmark to create a healing center.

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Aquinnah Powwow Celebrates Tribal Traditions

To the backdrop of music and burning sage, members danced, ate and communed at the annual powwow celebration.

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Generations Exhibit Highlights Widdiss Family Artwork

A new exhibit at the museum includes art by Donald Widdiss, his mother Gladys, and his sons Heath and Jason. Donald and Jason are both wampum artists, whereas Gladys and Heath’s medium is clay.

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Following the Flight of the Quiet Butterfly

Author Victoria Wright compares confronting her internal bully to that of a caterpillar folding completely within itself and decomposing inside its cocoon in order to be born again as a radiant butterfly.

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Keating Calls For Better Notification After Turbine Break

U.S. Rep. Bill Keating urged federal offshore wind regulators to establish a new protocol to ensure town and tribal officials are notified when something goes wrong. 

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Native Artisans Festival Lifts Up the Art of Tradition

Wampanoag artisans from all over New England gathered Saturday at the 17th annual Native Artisan Market and Festival.

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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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Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe Holds Whale Burial Ceremony

Tribal leadership maintains it has aboriginal rights to any dead whales that beach along the shores of Noepe — the Wampanoag name for Martha’s Vineyard. Retaining that right has remained a priority for members, who have traditionally made use of whale meat, fat, bones and baleen.

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