Wampanoag
noun
Wam·pa·no·ag
ˈwäm-pə-ˌnäg 
ˌwäm-pə-ˈnō-(ˌ)ag
ˌwäm-pə-ˈnō-(ˌ)ag
ˌwȯm-
plural Wampanoag or Wampanoags
: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of southeastern Massachusetts and adjacent parts of Rhode Island
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Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee gives voice to that past in his new book, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 July 2025
The corn used at the first Thanksgiving was brought by the Wampanoag tribe.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
The area is still inhabited by the Wampanoag tribe and that is the setting for the scene where Hooper, Brody and Mayor Vaughn have a showdown about warning people about the menacing great white shark.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
But the Aquinnah Wampanoag story is about much more than struggle, just like Jaws has become about more than shark attacks.
—Joseph Lee, People.com, 20 June 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 July 2025
The corn used at the first Thanksgiving was brought by the Wampanoag tribe.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
The area is still inhabited by the Wampanoag tribe and that is the setting for the scene where Hooper, Brody and Mayor Vaughn have a showdown about warning people about the menacing great white shark.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
But the Aquinnah Wampanoag story is about much more than struggle, just like Jaws has become about more than shark attacks.
—Joseph Lee, People.com, 20 June 2025
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“Wampanoag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wampanoag. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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