Skilled hunters, gatherers, farmers, and fishers during spring and summer, the Wampanoag moved inland to more protected shelter during the colder months of the year. The Wampanoag, like many other Native People, often refer to the earth as Turtle Island. Their people had been living on this part of Turtle Island for more than 12,000 years. These villages covered the territory along the east coast. In the 1600s, there were as many as 40,000 people in the 67 villages that made up the Wampanoag People, who firstly lived as a nomadic hunting and gathering culture.īy about 1000 AD, archaeologists have found the first signs of agriculture, in particular the corn crop, which became an important staple, as did beans and squash. You can read about the history of the Wampanoag below, but first take a moment to watch our short film We Are Still Here, made with the help of Native American creative agency SmokeSygnals. The history of Native American people is often charted from first contact with Europeans, beginning in 1492 with the arrival of Christopher Columbus, but there are eons of history that stretch back centuries before that period. They were part of a rich tapestry of indigenous people with a vast variety of tribes, societies and cultures numbering many times over those present today. The Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present-day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years. But this particular vessel and the people on board would have far and long-lasting consequences for their future and legacy. It was not the first ship they had seen arrive, nor would it be the last. Native America and the Mayflower: 400 years of Wampanoag historyįour hundred years ago, the Wampanoag People watched on as a ship arrived on their shores.
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