Before a pilgrim stepped foot in Massachusetts, the Wampanoag people were living on their land. For more than 12,000 years, the tribe has inhabited what would becomes Massachusetts and eastern Rhode ...

This month, the Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe becomes the first in Massachusetts in nearly 50 years to get state recognition. It was the Wampanoag who first encountered the Pilgrims when they arrived ...

Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday to grant the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe official state recognition. The tribe, based in Plymouth, has just under 200 enrolled members. Their ...

The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, headquartered in Plymouth, has received state recognition as a historic and continually present Indigenous tribe. Gov. Maura Healey granted the designation Tuesday by ...