There are several open positions at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Below are a few featured positions open at the date of publication. Please visit the Human Resource section of the Tribe’s website for a current list.

The (Owner) Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, a federally-recognized Indian tribe, will be accepting Bids from Qualified General Contractors for the Construction of and addition and expansion to the existing Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point – Fish and Shellfish Processing Center (“HACCP”).

The Housing Department will be rolling out new Covid housing assistance programs in April. The new programs will provide rental assistance, homeowners assistance, and a new HUD IHBD Cares program available only to tribal members who live outside of the Housing Department’s Service area (commonly referred to as CHISDA). The IHBD program will be the first time the Housing Department has been able to provide support to tribal members outside of its service area.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is creating a new portal on the website for tribal members. The portal allows tribal members to login to a protected section of the website to access documents, forms, calendars and additional information that is only for tribal citizens. Tribal members may register today by clicking on the “Member Signup” link in the footer of the website. It will still be several weeks before the site goes live. Tribal members will receive additional notice when the portal is live.

School choice for Mashpee Public School opened on Friday, April 1. If you are interested in having your child attend one of the Mashpee schools, please visit https://www.mpspk12.org/enrollment/school-choice and complete the application. All applications must be received in the Superintendent’s Office by 4:00 PM on April 29. Seats are limited. Also, Mashpee is not offering school choice for grades 10, 11 and 12.

The Indian Education program has offered several after-school cultural programs at the elementary schools in Falmouth. With the success of the participation, additional programming will be planned and expanded to other grade levels.

The State Tribal Education Partnership Team participated in the National Indian Education Association’s Week on the Hill in Washington D.C. last month. Team members met with legislators, leaders, and federal education employees to effectively communicate the needs of our native students, and current challenges and work towards unified solutions for a healthier, educated future for our native children.

The team learned more about the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, which currently has legislation on the table S. 2907 and H.R. 5444, that aims to develop this federal commission to locate and analyze the records from the 367+ known Indian boarding schools operated in the U.S.

MIT Solve has just announced it is extending the application period for the 2022 Indigenous Communities Fellowship to April 11th at Noon Eastern.

MIT is encouraging members of our community to apply today!

The Mashpee Service Unit-IHS is now enrolled for Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP). The prescription mail-order pharmacy program provides an easy way for tribal members to manage their medication refills.

Some medications cannot be mailed. Please contact our pharmacist Cheryl Johnson at (508) 477-1894 for enrollment details and questions about the program.

Duration: 10 weeks for 35 hours/week; begin late May or early June and conclude August 2022 Compensation: $5,000 plus travel/technology stipend ($500) and completion award ($500).

The Rewilding Internship is hosted by Northeast Wilderness Trust with support from Native Land Conservancy, a Native-run land conservation group with a mission to preserve healthy landscapes for all living things, and help restore land back to its original state wherever possible.

Jody Santagate has brought forward a citizen’s petition for a vote at the Wareham Spring Town Meeting. Article 21 requires a majority in favor vote to pass. It is to abolish Columbus Day in Wareham and rename it as; Indigenous Peoples Day. Jody is urging all Tribal members and any other supporters of the article to please attend the meeting, which will take place at Wareham High School at 7 pm on April 25, 2022. You must be a registered voter in Wareham to vote. Hopefully, with your support on this matter, we can get it passed with the majority. If you need a ride, please feel free to email Jody at jodysantagate1977@gmail.com.

The Tribe’s Historic Preservation Department is establishing the Historic Preservation Commission per Chapter 3 of 2012-ORD-003. The Tribal Council instituted the Commission to provide advice to the Historic Preservation Department and to aid the Department in the protection and preservation of Tribal culture, history, language, historical sites, structures, cultural items, burial sites and other sites of significance.

The schedule for upcoming tribal council meetings is posted below. Meetings are open to tribal citizens to attend and are not open to the general public. Due to the ongoing pandemic, meetings may be held over zoom. Please check the tribal council meeting calendar for links, agendas, and attendance details that are posted prior to each meeting. You may also sign up to receive email notifications by sending an email to publicrelations@mwtribe-nsn.gov.

General Membership Meetings are open to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe citizens, their children, and spouses of tribal citizens. These meetings are not open to the public. With Covid-19 cases decreasing, the tribe has resumed in person meetings. The General Membership Meetings are held at the Tribe’s Community and Government Center.

There’s interest in the community to bring back our Tribe’s Annual Wampanoag Ball. If you would like to join the committee. please send a letter of interest to Tribal Council Secretary Cassie Jackson at cassie.Jackson@mwtribe-nsn.gov.