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GAY HEAD VOTED OUT AS MASS. TOWN'S NAME
Rints the Martha's Veyard island town of Gay Head, Mass., have cid by a three-vote marg to change s name to the origal Indian name of... * gay head name *
The Wampanoag were the first people of anctors of Wampanoag people have lived for at least 10, 000 years at Aqunah (Gay Head) and throughout the island of Noepe (Martha's Veyard), pursug a tradnal enomy based on fishg and agriculture. In 1870, over the unanimo objectns of the Wampanoag Indian rints, the Town of Gay Head was rporated. From the Wampanoag pot of view, the prcipal effect of the rporatn of Gay Head was the alienatn of Wampanoag Indian District Lands (rervatn), which was vlatn of the Feral Non-Interurse Act of 1790.
Bee the Tribe ntrolled the Gay Head town ernment for more than a century sce 1870, the effects of this alienatn were largely obscured, and the tegry of the Tribal Common Lands seemed to be aquately protected.
TRIBE WANTS NAME CHANGE FOR GAY HEAD
Aqunah one of the most betiful towns on Martha's Veyard island wh s scenic Gay Head clay cliffs Aqunah lighthoe Philb Moshup and Lobsterville beach dun great fishg spots and Wampanoag tribe cultural center historic prervatn. * gay head name *
In 1972, however, rponse to the growg potentialy for encroachment on Tribal Common Lands, the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. The mon lands clu the Gay Head Cliffs, Herrg Creek, and Lobsterville.
The Master Plan followed several years of vtigative efforts and illtrat the prent visn of the future tribal muny Gay Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aqunah) and the Town of Gay Head entered to agreement June of 1995 to jotly provi for the health, safety and welfare of persons on Tribal Lands by providg for the e of police, fire, and medil personnel and rourc the event of disaster, disorr, fire or other emergenci arisg on Tribal Lands.
The Tribe's Aqunah Rangers are EMT certified and provi servic for both Tribal Lands and the up-island 1998, the name of the town was officially changed om Gay Head back to s former Wampanoag name of Aqunah by the state legislature, reprentg regnn of Wampanoag history the regn. GAY HEAD, Mass., May 15 -- Rints the Martha's Veyard island town of Gay Head, Mass., have cid by a three-vote marg to change s name to the origal Indian name of Aqunah ('-kw-a ah'). Early whe explorers gave the name Gay Head to the lorful cliffs on the wtern tip of the rort island.
GAY HEAD
The anctors of Wampanoag people have lived for at least 10,000 years at Aqunah (Gay Head) and throughout the island of Noepe (Martha's Veyard), pursug a tradnal enomy based on fishg and agriculture. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head is a ferally regnized dian tribe. * gay head name *
' Gay Head was adopted as the town's official name when was rporated 1870. GAY HEAD, Mass., May 13 -- Tim have changed for the Wampanoag Indian tribe on Martha's Veyard. In the past, most members of the tribe were happy to live wh the name whe explorers gave to the Massachetts rort island's betiful cliffs -- Gay Head.
The town overlookg Veyard Sound was rporated as Gay Head 1870.
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In 1991, voters cid to stay wh Gay Head by a vote of 89-36, but backers of the name change say more Wampanoags have moved back to the area sce the tribe gaed feral regnn 1987. Town rint Helen Manng voted 1991 for Gay Head, bee that's the name she grew up wh.
' She said was easier for Europeans to say 'Gay Head' than to unrstand the Wampanoag word 'Aqunah.