Primary Source Spotlight: Wampanoag
The Wampanoag the tribe in Massachusetts is famous for having helped the people we call Pilgrims when they first came to America. Learn more by clicking through to the links below.
Images
- Wampanoag image set
- Massasoit and his warriors
- Massasoit–On his way to meet the Pilgrims and sign the Peace Treaty
- Goffe rallying the men of Hadley [in defense of Indian attack during King Philip’s War, Hadley, Mass., 1675-76]
Historical newspaper coverage
Texts
- History of Philip’s war, Commonly Called the Great Indian War, of 1675 and 1676 1826
- Wampanoag excerpts from Our Whole Country; or, The Past and Present of the United States, Historical and Descriptive 1861
- The History of King Philip’s War 1865
- “Exercises at the Bi-centennial Commemoration of the Burning of Medfield by Indians in King Philip’s War” 1876
- Notes Concerning the Wampanoag Tribe of Indians 1880
- Glimpses of Ancient Sowams: Reminiscences of the Aborigines–Their Sayings and Doings 1894
- Philip of Pokanoket, an Indian Drama 1894
- Massasoit’s Town Sowams in Pokanoket, Its History, Legends and Traditions 1904
- “Chapter 1: Containing a History of the Great Sachem Massassoit and His Relations with the Plymouth Colonies and Sowams” Sowams 1908
Sheet music
Contemporary sources
- Modern-day legislation related to the Wampanoag
- Indigenous Law Portal: Wampanoag of Massachusetts
- Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 Harvard University Peabody Museum
- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Additional sources
- The Quiet People: A Memoir streaming webcast
- Wampanoag History Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
- Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project website
Blog posts
- Assessing Historical Thinking Skills Using Library of Congress Primary Sources Teaching with the Library of Congress April 23, 2013
- Native American Cultural Revitalization Today Folklife Today November 24, 2015
- Changing Images of Thanksgiving: Library of Congress Primary Sources Teaching with the Library of Congress November 18, 2012
- Thanksgiving in the News- Periodically Speaking Inside Adams November 25, 2014
- The Treaty That Saved Plymouth Colony In Custodia Legis March 22, 2017
Teaching resources
- Primary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plimoth Colonists & the First Thanksgiving
- Teaching Now: Separating Myths from History
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