The Gay Head Wampanoag Indians lived on Martha’s Veyard for thoands of years, and for the last 400 they never gave up tryg to keep their land.
Contents:
- HERE'S WHAT NDIDAT FOR GAY HEAD TRIBAL COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON WANT TO ACPLISH
- CHERYL ANDREWS-MALTAIS WS 5TH TERM AS CHAIR OF GAY HEAD (AQUNAH) WAMPANOAG TRIBE
- WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD (AQUNAH)
- HOW THE WAMPANOAG INDIANS TOOK BACK GAY HEAD
- ELIZABETH JAM-PERRY (WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD, AQUNAH)
HERE'S WHAT NDIDAT FOR GAY HEAD TRIBAL COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON WANT TO ACPLISH
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aqunah 20 Black Brook RoadAqunah, MA 02535-1546Phone: 508-645-9265Webse * gay head tribe *
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.
CHERYL ANDREWS-MALTAIS WS 5TH TERM AS CHAIR OF GAY HEAD (AQUNAH) WAMPANOAG TRIBE
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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.
WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD (AQUNAH)
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.
HOW THE WAMPANOAG INDIANS TOOK BACK GAY HEAD
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.
Tribal Admistratn is the admistrative branch of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aqunah) anizatn, whose purpose is to effectively and st efficiently provi support servic and anizatnal astcture to tribal programs and servic, Tribal Council and General Membership. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aqunah 20 Black Brook RoadAqunah, MA 02535-1546Phone: 508-645-9265Webse.
ELIZABETH JAM-PERRY (WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD, AQUNAH)
1700s: Many placed on rervatns lled "plantatns" (Gay Head on Martha's Veyard and Mashpee on Cape Cod).
Constutn of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, adopted 1990 and amend 1994 and 1995.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head official webse. 1860 Indian Cens of Gay Head (Aqunah), D Co., Mass.