Steven Peters
Ramona Peters and Town Seal Committee ...

The Mashpee Historical Commission held its annual Historical Commission Preservation award ceremony last month. Tribal Elder Ramona Peters, Chairwoman of the Native Land Conservancy, received the 2019 Mashpee Historical Preservation Award.

Dasia Peters
Native groups seek to repair lands damaged by ...

Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towering, dense vegetation down to size.

The 24-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was among a cadre of volunteers rooting out invasive species and tending to recently planted native vegetation on a wide swath of forest acquired on behalf of his federally recognized tribe and other Wampanoag communities.

Dasia Peters
Tribal members urge boycott of ‘tone deaf’ ...

A long, winding, dirt path through Plimoth Patuxet Museums leads visitors to the Historic Patuxet Homesite, where they can find a traditional, indigenous hickory bark-covered wetu, a cooking arbor and replicas of customary mishoon canoes.

Plimoth Patuxet, a living history museum, invites guests in a video to interact and learn from Wampanoag and other Native American tribal members throughout the homesite, as they cook traditional food over a fire; tend to deer hides and furs that line the inside of the wetu; or scrape and maintain the inside of a mishoon with a quahog shell.

Dasia Peters
Tribe Receives $60,000 to Expand Employment ...

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has been awarded about $60,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The grant is part of about $71 million being awarded to 166 Indian and Native American entities across the nation to boost employment and training services and create pathways to middle-class careers.

Dasia Peters
Rory Dilweg Appointed Tribal Gaming Commission ...

Tribal council appointed Rory Dilweg as Chairman of the Tribal Gaming Commission. Dilweg is a partner in Ocotillo Law and Policy Partners, and has served as the Interim Tribal Gaming Commissioner since 2017.

Celebrating Recovery Event

The Pier Recovery Center is hosting “Celebrating Recovery Through Community Outreach”, an event with recovery programs and community outreach programs from all over Cape Cod. The event will take place on September 10th from 12–1 PM at 367 Main St. Hyannis, MA. All are welcome to attend with their children/families.

Memorial for James Leroy on Sunday, September 25

In loving memory of James Leroy Smith who transitioned on September 23rd, 2021. Family and friends will gather for a memorial service to celebrate and remember a life well lived. The memorial will be held at 410 Meetinghouse Road in Mashpee on Sunday, September 25th at 11 am. Family and friends are invited and please bring your fondest memories of him with you. For more details, contact Kourtney Smith at (646) 526-2615.

CDC Continues Three Sisters Market Into Fall

The CDC is happy to announce the Three Sisters Market will be returning every Saturday from September 10th - October 1st at a new time of 11 AM - 5 PM. The market is open to all tribal and non-tribal artists, crafters, and fruit and vegetable vendors. Fish and shellfish vendors must be tribal members. The CDC continues to add new vendors each week and encourages all who may be interested to apply. The event is free and open to the public.

ICWA Department Seeking Tribal Support

The ICWA Department at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is looking for individuals who would like to train to become Qualified Expert Witnesses, (QEW’s).

A QEW is a person who by the ICWA law will attend State Court Hearings in cases where a tribal child is removed from their parents or guardians by the Department of Children and Families because of an allegation of physical abuse or neglect.

Transportation Program Funded Report

As required by the Code of Federal Regulations, 25 CFR 170.421 and 170.422, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is required to identify and publish all Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) funded projects and activities that are expected to be carried out over the next four years as well as the projected costs.

Copies of this report may be obtained at the Tribal Government Center, located at 483 Great Neck Road South in Mashpee, Massachusetts or online at mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov.

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