The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Election Committee extends notice to all Enrolled Tribal Members who will turn 18 years of age on or before Sunday, May 16, 2021, that they are required to complete a Voter Registration Form in order to vote at the general election on Sunday, May 16, 2021 (the “Election Day”).

Tribal Court is honored to announce Thomas Weathers has been appointed as a Supreme Court Judge for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Judge Weathers is an Aleut and an enrolled member of the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Emergency Management Department released a phased re-entry plan on March 30. The entire plan is posted on the Tribe’s website under the Emergency Management Department.

The MWT Phased Return to Re-entry Guidelines provides a safe, measured process for returning toward new normalcy in phases. The plan is based on all phases on continued prevention principles and daily surveillance of the health-indicators impacting the Community.

Alewives and blueback herring have had a long journey from the Atlantic Ocean to come here to spawn in the fresh waters in Mashpee on Land of the Wampanoag–People of the First Light. For more than 1,200 years they have visited us and still do. They swim all over Massachusetts. In Harper’s magazine in 1885 it was noted that Nemasket River in Middleborough was called an “Indian Journey” when herrings came. Shortly all the rivers will be full. If you see osprey and sea gulls flying above they are a sure sign that herring are here because they love herring also.

The second to last week of March, Barnstable County had recorded more than 1,000 new positive COVID-19 tests in an average over the previous 14 days, with a positive-test rate of 5.6%. The positivity rate was more than double the statewide average during this timeframe. Also toward the end of March, the first case of the Brazilian variant P1 has been announced in Massachusetts in Barnstable County. B117 and B1351 have been identified in Massachusetts.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe AmeriCorps Program is currently seeking 5 self-motivated Enrolled Tribal Members between the ages of 18-24 to commit FULL Time for 10 Months (1700 hours) of service opportunities within the Mashpee Wampanoag Community and surrounding communities.

Applicants must be team players with positive attitudes!! Must be able to serve M-F 830AM - 430PM with some additional weekends and evenings. Driver’s license or own reliable transportation is required. Must pass criminal history, NSPOW and Federal background checks.

The Food Pantry is now asking that all pantry orders be placed by phone. Upon arrival at the Pantry, call (508) 477-0208 ext 189 and place order to further protect clients and staff during the ongoing pandemic.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Food Pantry, located at the Community and Government Center, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from Noon to 4:00 p.m.

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) hosted a three-part webinar series on tribal disaster preparedness efforts. During the webinar series, tribal emergency management experts walked tribal leaders and staff through the 2017 Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance, answered questions, and highlighted how tribal nations can access emergency disaster resources.

Scarlett “Morning Butterfly” Miller, granddaughter of Kitty Hendricks-Miller, has been named to Stonehill College’s Fall 2020 Dean’s List. Scarlett, a freshman at Stonehill, is majoring in Psychology and is a member of the school’s club ice hockey team.

All high school and college seniors who are graduating in 2021, please share a short bio and your future plans along with a picture with the Education Dept. so we can honor you in an upcoming profile of graduates. Please send to Cameron or John : cameron.greendeer@mwtribe-nsn.gov or john.hanlon@mwtribe-nsn.gov

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Housing Commission have scheduled regular meetings online. The Commission will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Dial-In #: (978) 990-5002
Dial-In Access Code: 443734
Online Meeting ID: mwthousingcommission483

Mashpee Health Service Unit have organized a monthly Grief Support Group. The group meets the first Wednesday of each month at 4:00 PM over skype. You may access the support group at join.skype.com/Ay61CCs4BFMS

The Health Service Unit recognizes the great loss the community is feeling at this time and how overwhelming this must be. Please be aware you are not alone and we can come together to support one another.

Are you interested in a career in the offshore wind industry?

With the offshore wind industry just kicking off in the US and the first commercial scale offshore wind farm to be built 14 miles off the coast of the Vineyard, a multitude of job opportunities, created here locally on the Cape, the South Coast and Martha’s Vineyard, are just around the corner.