The Tribal Historic Preservation Department needs Cultural Resource Monitors (CRMs). This work will be contractual, on an as needed basis. This is a great opportunity for Tribal members that are interested in our culture.  Applicants should be experienced with the outdoors through hunting, fishing, map reading and demonstrate cultural knowledge. THPD has gone paperless in data communications; successful candidates must be ready or willing to learn digital file sharing, and computerized field equipment. The training will increase your traditional cultural knowledge to help you comfortably represent the Tribe on site.

The action taken by the Mashpee Board of Selectmen to oppose legislation to protect our existing land in trust is appalling. The selectmen’s letter is threatening and inflammatory and clearly attempts to light fire to the embers of the 1976 Mashpee Wampanoag land claim and spread fear among “private property owners.”

The announcement of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s partnership and opioid campaign in March was featured in the April 17 edition of Inside HRSA, which reaches all HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) regions across the nation.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Education Department has posted a comprehensive list of financial aid scholarship opportunities for Native Americans. The page includes links to each opportunity and is broken down into sections making it easy for tribal members to find the financial assistance that is right for them.  Opportunities include those specific for Native Americans, general financial aid resources, general scholarships, Cape Cod Community College and adult and GED assistance.

The Old Indian Meeting House Committee is extending an invitation to all tribal citizens, family, friends and guests to join them at the Old Indian Meeting House on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. for the annual Wampanoag New Year Celebration. Guests are asked to wear traditional regalia.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Workforce innovative and Opportunity ACT (WIOA) Department is pleased to announce that tuition assistance is available for Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Members that are currently enrolled in a college or university.

Each year the Association of Native Alumni at the University of Pennsylvania select one student to receive the Student Leadership Award. This year the organization selected Keturah Peters, senior in the nursing school, as this year’s recipient.

Keturah Peters, a senior in the nursing school at the University of Pennsylvania, has attended seven Ivy Native Conferences throughout her collegiate career. However, this year’s Annual Ivy Native Council Spring Conference was particularly special for the soon to be graduate. Natives at Penn (NAP) – an organization that Keturah is closely involved with – had been selected to host this year’s conference.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Senior Travel Club will be hosting a Psychic Fair on Saturday, May 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community and Government Center. The Psychic Fair is open to the public and ickets to enter the fair will be $2.00 and may be purchased at the door. Readings will be $20 per reader.

The walking club will begin on Monday May 7th and will meet twice a week at 11:00 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. The course will be on the paved surface of the Tribal grounds around a circular route.  Participants will meet in the main lobby at noon as the designated start location. Pedometers are available for those who are interested in measuring their distance.

Sponsored by Harwich Conservation Trust, join 12th generation Cape Codder Todd Kelley and Wampanoag/Nipmuc Marcus Hendricks on one or all of these leisurely late afternoon walks. Along the way they will share many stories of insight into Native life on Cape Cod from before European contact through early settlement of “old Cape” families.

Vendor applications for the 97th Annual Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow are now available online at www.mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/powwow-2018. The online forms include a craft vendor application and a food vendor application along with a powwow vendor waiver form.

It was discovered that the old ways of justice for the Navajo tribe were still being practiced “in the corners.”  No one recognized that what they were doing was “alternative dispute resolution.”  Some of the tribal people did what they had always done.  A woman called and asked “what is peacemaking?”  After it was explained to her, she remarked, “oh that, we understand.”  An example was given of a case on which was heard in Crownpoint. 

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Emergency Management Department (MWT EMD) is promoting a new program designed to educate and empower the public to take action in emergency situations and provide lifesaving care before professional help arrives. The Until Help Arrives program is available online at https://ready.gov/untilhelparrives.  Injuries can happen at any time.  In fact, you never know when you might find yourself in a situation where someone, a stranger perhaps, needs immediate medical help for a life-threatening injury. You are the most important help available to someone with a serious, life-threatening injury.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Emergency Management Department (MWT EMD) encourages our Tribal Community to participate in national Wildfire Community Preparedness Day along with many Local communities who join the effort to reduce wildfire risk across the country on May 5, 2018