
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration together awarded the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) more than $170,000 in grants this month.
Tucked between dense foliage on a lot not far from town hall, the apartments will serve as the first phase of a larger plan to revitalize the town center with a new playground and “food forest” of indigenous edible plants.
Revolution Wind received the final greenlight Tuesday to build 65 wind turbines about 14 miles southwest of Aquinnah.
Deb Haaland, the U.S. secretary of the interior, came to the Island earlier this month and met with the chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) to talk about offshore wind energy and economic development.
Jordan Clark was tapped to be the new assistant director of the Harvard University Native American Program.
Kinship Heals, a Native-run nonprofit domestic violence program, closed on a property in Aquinnah that will eventually become a food pantry, domestic violence shelter, and ceremonial site for members of the Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head.