Councilmen David Weeden has helped to organize a walk and prayer ceremony for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Washington (MMIWW). The event will welcome the MMIWW Warrior Runners that have been running across the country to generate awareness and support for the growing problem. The ceremony will begin at 3 PM at the base of the Massasoit Statue on Carver Street in Plymouth, MA.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is available for the 2020/2021 winter season. LIHEAP is designed to help eligible low-income households supplement part of their winter heating service bills.

For more information, or to pickup an application for the 2020 season please contact Shakira Askew at (508) 477-0208 ext. 159 or at shakira.askew@mwtribe-NSN.gov. Applications are also available every Tuesday during the Lunch and Learn program from 12:30-1:30 PM at the Community and Government Center.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will accept sealed bids from qualified General Contractors for the Construction of its new Childcare Center located at Meetinghouse Road, Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649.

The project scope consists of the construction of a new Childcare Center on tribal lands. The new building will include 4 classrooms, office support area a multipurpose room and other support spaces. Approximate square footage is 5,300 s.f.

As many people begin to plan for fall and winter holiday celebrations, CDC offers some considerations to help protect everyone from COVID-19.

Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses. There are several safer, alternative ways to participate in Halloween. If you may have COVID-19 or you may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you should not participate in in-person Halloween festivities and should not give out candy to trick-or-treaters.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Health Service Unit will be providing the Flu Vaccine on Thursdays and Fridays to all tribal members at no cost. The drive-thru clinic will be held on Thursdays from 10 AM to Noon and on Fridays from 1 PM to 3 PM at the Health Service Unit located at 483 Great Neck Road South directly behind the Community and Government Center. All you have to do is pull up, roll down you window and roll up you sleeve.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe had to cancel this year’s powwow because of the coronavirus pandemic, but some members are still finding ways to celebrate.

Kendall Scott, a member of the Mashpee tribe, recently participated in a social distancing powwow in which she performed the traditional Eastern blanket dance, which is often danced at powwows and is common among eastern woodland tribes.

“It’s a spiritual and cultural aspect for us that ties to our history,” Scott said. “It’s much more than just physically dancing. It’s something that fills your heart.”

Our Tribal Judiciary has received funding from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), to develop a Victim Services Program that will support Tribal Victims and Survivors of Crime. This program will provide advocacy and basic services for victims, which may include emergency lodging, food, clothing, hygiene products, vouchers for gasoline, and transportation needs. Anyone can be a Victim, even our youth, children and infants. All Tribal members and their families, who are Victims of crime, are eligible.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the first ‘Unity Day’ observed in October 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). The first DVAM observed, was in October 1987 and Congress then designated ‘October’ as DVAM in 1989. Three themes remain a strong focus of DVAM events today: mourning those who have died because of domestic violence, celebrating those who have survived, and connecting those who work to end violence.

Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Cedric Cromwell to speak during the opening day of the NAFOA Virtual 2020 Fall Conference. Chairman Cromwell will join a panel of speakers on October 5 at 1:30 pm to speak about leadership during unprecedented times. Chairman Cromwell along with Cyrus Ben, Tribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian and Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation.