The Mashpee Historical Commission is sponsoring the placement of photos of Mashpee veterans onto banners to be displayed from the light poles in Community Park, across the street from the Mashpee Town Hall. With a total of 20 light poles in the park and using two veteran banners on each side of a pole, a total of 40 veterans will be honored at a time. The banners will be displayed from approximately May through November.

The Native Land Conservancy and Natural Resources Department will be hosting an Earth Day Celebration at the Community and Government Center on Saturday, April 20th from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The event will feature exhibitors and vendors with a shared mission to protect and preserve the ancestral homelands of the Wampanoag.

The tribe has teamed up with the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and Islands to do a Health Insurance Enrollment at the Community and Government Center once a month.

The Mashpee Conservation Department is hosting a planting event at Santuit Pond Preserve on Sunday, April 21st, at 1:00 PM. Santuit Pond Preserve is marked as an open space with multiple abandoned cranberry bogs on the property. Planting 100 Atlantic White Cedar trees in an abandoned bog system will aid in bringing back this important cultural tree species that used to thrive on the East Coast of the United States.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Wellness Court will combine the judicial oversight and powers of the Court with local wellness services. A braided services approach incorporates multiple tribal programs that work together to ensure the individual has the tools to address their substance use disorder, health issues, avoid recidivism and progress towards a healthy way of being.

The Job Opportunities tab of the tribal website is regularly updated with new employment opportunities. Open positions are listed below. For more information, please visit the Human Resources page.

TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Opportunity) will be sponsoring a TERO Recruitment Event for new members and members who need to update their information. Recruitment will occur on Monday, March 11th, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Tuesday, March 12th, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. 

This years 103rd annual Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow will take place from July 5th, 6th, and 7th on powwow grounds. The Powwow Committee is still looking for volunteers who are interested in helping coordinate this year’s event.

The new website for our Education Department is now live and can be accessed at www.mashpeewampanoageducation.org . The Education Department has been working on developing a new website over the past few months with a goal of better promoting education-related events, programs, services, and opportunities to the community.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Education Department invites you to attend a Public Hearing for the Title VI Indian Education 2024 grant application on Tuesday, April 2nd from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

The Commission on Indian Affairs, Suffolk University, and UMASS Boston are hosting a community wide Mashpee Listening Session on truth processes is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 from 5:00 PM -7:00 PM via Zoom. Tribal participants are encouraged to first watch the Indigenous Truth Commission event held in April at Suffolk University Law School, as the information shared there event may be helpful in providing feedback during the upcoming listening session. 

According to the Admissions and Occupancy regulations, the Housing Department will be posting the housing waitlist in the housing department beginning March 11, 2024. If an applicant requests in writing that their name and position on the waitlist to remain confidential the department will accommodate such a request.

Tribal Elders volleyball has been taking place every Thursday at the Community and Government Center. Elders’ volleyball is a fun seated activity for all elders 55+ to enjoy!

 The Education Department has been up to all good things in 2024. The ARP-AIRE Grant recently started its After School Programs, Tribal Boys and Daughters of Tradition,  in the Quashnet Elementary School. Tribal Boys is a “Cultural Enrichment” after school program that aims to serve boys from grades 3 – 6. The program highlights cultural values such as self-respect, respect for others, honor, protocols for ceremony; visiting with elders, fishing, and cultural field trips.

Workforce Investment Opportunities (WIOA) & Indian Health Services (IHS) are hosting a Career Opportunities in Dentistry workshop on Monday, March 18th from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM at the Community and Government Center. The event will help those interested in Dentistry gain knowledge & help with the school application process.

The Education Department is now reimbursing students applying to college/universities for their application fees. The department will reimburse up to two applications per student.

Attention: parents & guardians of Indian children age 3 - grade 12!

We need your participation to receive funding for The Johnson O'Malley program launching in 2025. Please fill out the application and return to Roxanne Mills Brown at 483 Great Neck Rd. South, Mashpee, MA 02649; or email Roxanne.brown@mwtribe-nsn.gov. no, later than March 30, 2024