During a regularly scheduled Elders Meeting on November 2nd, 2024 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Elders elected two Elders to serve as Commissioners on the newly established Ethics Commission. The election results are as follows:
2024 Indigenous Peoples Day Events
Invitation to Bid – Sanitization
Ethics Commission Establishment
Pursuant to 2024-ORD-001 Code of Ethics Ordinance, Chapter 2. Ethics Commission; Section 1. Establishment of the Ethics Commission; (a) Within six (6) months of passing the ordinance, the Tribal Council shall establish the Ethics Commission, an agency of the Tribe, that is empowered to effectively and fairly enforce the laws it administers.
Tribal Council Resignation and Appointment
I wanted to inform you all about changes that have been made regarding our Tribal Council. Councilwoman Gonsalves submitted her resignation from Tribal Council effective May 7th, 2024. Edwina "Winnie" Johnson Graham received 185 votes in the 2023 General Election, and has been appointed to serve as a council member on the Tribal Council.
US Supreme Court Upholds Tribal Lands
Today we celebrate a legal and moral victory that brings to our Tribe justice that has been very long overdue. The United States Supreme Court announced that it would not hear the appeal requested by a small group of Taunton residents who have challenged our right to our Reservation for nearly a decade. With this final legal victory, we secure the future for the generations who come after us, and we honor our ancestors who continued the fight to have ancestral land returned to us. With this victory, we will be able to fully exercise our sovereignty to provide for our people and to preserve our culture and traditions.
