The Wampanoag Indians were a Native American people who lived in eastern Massachusetts. They were historically agrarian and lived in wigwams, hunting and fishing to supplement their crops. European contact in 1616 brought disease, causing epidemics that decimated the population. Massasoit and Squanto helped the Pilgrims survive and celebrated the first Thanksgiving. Traditional Wampanoag life […]
The Wampanoag tribe originally lived in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but now primarily reside in southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and Martha’s Vineyard. They had a partly nomadic and partly sedentary lifestyle, with fishing and hunting as their main sources of food. The tribe had an organized hierarchy and helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter. […]
