As we head into the holiday season, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Food Pantry is pleased to share details about its 2025 Holiday Ham Giveaway for Tribal members and Elders — helping families gather around the table and celebrate together.
Mashpee Tribe Celebrate Lumbee Recognition
Today, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe honors a historic and long-overdue milestone for our relatives, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, as they receive federal recognition from the United States Government. For more than a century, the Lumbee people have pursued recognition of their inherent sovereignty, identity, and right to self-governance.
Chairman Weeden to Speak at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Watch Live at 2:30 PM
Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Brian Weeden, will speak today at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs legislative hearing starting at 2:30 PM Eastern. The hearing will receive testimony on several bills, including S. 236, which would amend the Long-Term Leasing Act to authorize leases of up to 99 years on the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Reservation — an important issue for Tribal sovereignty and future development.
Community Statement: Update on School Vacation and Summer Camps
Kutâputunumuw for your understanding as we continue strengthening the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Education Department.
After careful review of our current staffing and program responsibilities, the Tribal Education Department will not be offering school-vacation camps or summer camps at this time. This decision was not made lightly.
At present, the Department does not have the capacity to recruit, appropriately train, and develop the staff required to operate safe, high-quality, culturally grounded camp programming.
Elders Committee Election Results
Request for Proposals: IT Infrastructure Modernization and Upgrade
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, a federally recognized Tribal Nation, invites qualified firms and consultants to submit proposals for the modernization and upgrade of its government IT infrastructure. This project will strengthen the Tribe’s data security, improve network reliability, and support cloud-based collaboration across the Government Operations Center and five satellite locations.
