Learn the skills you need to effectively control diabetes at a four-week workshop. The Diabetes Management Class will begin on Thursday, October 7 at 2:30 PM. Classes will continue each Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30 PM at the Health Service Unit Administration Building.

The program will be taught by a MSU dietitian, medical technician, dental hygienist and a pharmacist. Everyone that participates will receive a handbook and self-care tools.

Gather around the fire on Friday, September 24 at the Powwow Grounds and support sobriety and the healing circle. The circle will be held from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

OVC Coordinator Emma Jo Brennan will speak on tribal victim services and Chris Wessling will perform live music. Food will be provided as well.

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Health Services will be hosting a flu shot clinic on Saturday, September 25 at the Health Service Unit. The clinic will be held from 9:00 AM to Noon and 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

A flu shot not only protects you, it also helps protect our entire community. Please get vaccinated and protect our circle.

The weight loss support group will begin meeting on Monday, October 4 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the health service unit administration building located behind the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community and Government Center. Meetings will continue each Monday from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

The Old Indian Meeting House Committee is hosting Ancestors Day on Saturday, September 25 at the Old Indian Meeting House. The day will open at 11:00 AM.

Nutus8ees Dasia Peters. Nuwtomas Maseepeeut kah nutay Maseepeeut. My name is Dasia Peters. I am from and I live in Mashpee. I am the daughter of Jermaine Peters and Jessica Souza, Granddaughter of Randy Peters Jr. and Nadine Costa, and Great Granddaughter of Natalie Costa and Aneba Costa, Randolph G. Peters Sr. and Charlotte Johnson.

Toward the end of August, Barnstable County was still picking up anywhere from 15 to 30 new cases per day bringing the total for the county to over 15,000. On the Islands the significant case increases toward the end of August did not begin to abate. At the end of the August the total positive cases for Massachusetts was 703,961.

During the second to last week of August, the Emergency Management Department began its Red Cross - First Aid, CPR and AED training program for tribal employees and interns. This was the first of trainings from the department to resume since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will be hosting a public hearing for the planning of the 2022 Wââpuheâôk 477 Program on Friday, September 10 at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community and Government Center at 483 Great Neck Road South in Mashpee in the Tribal Council Chambers. You may also attend the meeting through zoom.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Mental Health provided Naomi Frye with a certificate of appreciation last month. The award was given in recognition of her outstanding commitment to provide support to the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Errol was a proud member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. He was the son of the late Winslow "Biff" Newcomb and Elaine Dias Newcomb.

Thanks to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Victim Services are available to Tribal Enrolled Adults, Spouse and Children who have been affected by Crime. A Crime Victim may experience: Adult Physical/Sexual Assault or Sexual Abuse as a Child, Burglary, Child Physical Abuse/Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse/Assault, Domestic Violence, DUI Incidents, Elder Abuse, Human Trafficking, Identity Theft, Kidnapping, Robbery, Stalking/Harassment, Teen Dating victimization and more.

Mason Hendricks made the dean’s list at Bristol Community College for the spring and summer 2021 semesters. Mason is the proud father of Giavanna Francis Hendricks. He is the son of Jody Santagate, big brother to Junie and Xavier. The grandson of the late "Big Larry" Hendricks and the great grandson of Francis Hendricks. Mason recently transferred to Dean college. Where he will work on his bachelor’s degree in social work with a minor in Psychology.

This art project aims at creating bridges between Cape Cod artists and to make visible the invisible communities that have created the fabric of Cape Cod. Since the arrival of the Pilgrims, colonization has done tremendous damages to The Wampanoag Nation. People of color living on Cape Cod, including Cape Verdean, immigrant, Brazilian and others, have been segregated and often discriminated against.

In 1996, Wampanoag medicine man Slow Turtle (John Peters) stated, “From the very beginning man was made clear that, his task was to preserve the land for those to come. We speak of seven generations. Each Indian understood what his or her responsibility was to care for the land for generations to come. We all know that the earth sustains us by watching nature. The muskrat still possesses the knowledge that he had in the beginning. The Indians built their homes the same way. Today people would call such a story a legend. It may be. Legends are pictures that contain truths that the spirit itself works through nature and by reading her script we can conform our lives in harmony with the Creator” [avant-2010

The First Baptist Church in Newton is accepting applications from Native students for the Jean Grennell Brennan Memorial Scholarship Fund. First preference for the award will be given to students from Native American tribes in Massachusetts.

In considering scholarship qualifications, both academic ability and financial need will be taken into account.