![]() ![]() Diseases from Europe nearly destroyed the tribe, while the newcomers demanded more and more of their land. The Wampanoag were a peaceful agricultural people before Europeans arrived. They were enemies of the Narragansett, Mohawks, and other Iroquois tribes and allies of the British colonists. The Wampanoag traded with many New England tribes, particularly the Mohican, Mohegan, and Delaware. ![]() Origins and group affiliationsĪncestors of the Wampanoag most likely occupied territory in northern Rhode Island and southeastern coastal Massachusetts for twelve thousand to fifteen thousand years. In 2000 there were 2,488 Wampanoag, including the 430 members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, who prefer to call themselves Aquinnah Wampanoag. Census, 2,145 people identified themselves as Wampanoag. There were an estimated 15,000 Wampanoag around 1600. As of 2007 most lived in southeastern Massachusetts. The Wampanoag occupied about forty villages in northern Rhode Island and southeastern coastal Massachusetts and its offshore islands (now known as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket) at the time of European contact. The name is probably a variation of Wapanacki, meaning “eastern people.” The Wampanoag have also been called Massasoit, Philip’s Indians, and Pokanoket (from the name of their principal village). ![]()
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