Wampanoag: Quick Facts

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Mashpee Wampanoag Museum guide Courtney “Morning Gift” Powell in a reconstructed traditional lodge

Wampanoag warrior in a woodcut by an English colonist in Massachusetts

Drummers at the Mashpee Wampanoag annual powwow on July 2, 2022

Metacom (King Philip)

Massasoit meeting English settlers

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Key People

Metacom (King Philip)

Metacom

Wampanoag leader

Massasoit

Massasoit

Wampanoag chief