Some 200 Native Americans living in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota will have fresh socks for the new year, as well as other goods, thanks to the efforts of one 7th grader at Mashpee Middle/High School.

MASHPEE — Collaboration between the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Mashpee Public Schools promises to increase next year, as the two groups have outlined a number of steps aimed at further integrating Native American and Wampanoag education into the district’s curriculum.

Both Mashpee’s boys and girls basketball teams currently have members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on their rosters. The Tribe has had representation on all four state-champion football teams, and many other Falcons teams have also had tribal members.

Bryson Hendricks is still living up to his moniker as the “Little Warrior.”

The 2-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has been battling a rare disease known as CD40 ligand deficiency.

The Wampanoag language, Wôpanâak, is now being taught in a public school in its place of origin.

Mashpee Middle/High School launched the first class in the indigenous language in September, and Mashpee Public Schools and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe officials say the historical significance should not be underestimated.

MASHPEE — The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe had the last word in a monthslong public process for the planned expansion of Mashpee Commons, marking the end of the project’s community vision phase.