Mashpee Wampanoag Chief Silent Drum, a World War II veteran, will turn 100 years old on Thursday, June 16. To celebrate this milestone, tribal members and friends will parade to his home on Meetinghouse Road in Mashpee, where a group of traditional drummers will perform an honor song.

At a hearing yesterday (Wednesday, June 1), Judge Young ruled that the case brought forward by the Littlefields will remain in Massachusetts courts and rejected the effort to keep the case in his courtroom. A different yet-to-be-determined judge will hear the case. This is the second time the court has rejected the Littlefields’ efforts to keep the case in Judge Young’s courtroom.

The intent of this request is to solicit a written Statement of Qualifications and Proposals, hereafter referred to as “Proposal”, from a qualified provider (company, firm, corporation, partnership, or persons), hereafter referred to as “Architect and Engineer” to provide all services necessary to fully design a community building in Mashpee, MA. To be eligible for consideration, the Architect and Engineer must be capable of supplying the services as noted herein, and must also meet all other criteria outlined in this Request for Proposals.

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”).

We just received notice that the Cedric Cromwell case has ended and he was found guilty on most of the charges. He was found guilty of soliciting bribes from RGB and extortion.