Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe

The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe is a cultural heritage group[3][4] that claims descent from the Wampanoag people based in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[5][6] They have a nonprofit organization, the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribal Council, Inc.[1]

Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
Named afterGreat Herring Pond, Wampanoag people
Formation1997[1]
Founded atPlymouth, Massachusetts[1]
Typenonprofit organization[1]
EIN 26-2227626[2]
HeadquartersPlymouth, Massachusetts[1]
Location
  • United States
Official language
English
President
Melissa A. Ferrietti[1]
SubsidiariesHerring Pond Wampanoag Tribal Council, Inc.[2]
Websiteherringpondtribe.org

The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe is not a federally or state recognized tribe,[3][7] as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has only one official state recognized tribe, the Hassanamisco Nipmuc,[8] who were recognized by Governor Michael Dukakis in 1976. Nevertheless, the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe and other unrecognized groups in Massachusetts have been represented as state recognized in several unofficial directories and publications.[9][10][11]The Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs announced in August of 2023 that it would be establishing a process for state recognition.[12] The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe has not submitted a documented petition for federal acknowledgment.[13]

Nonprofit organization

The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribal Council, Inc. was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2] in 1997.[1] Kathryn Hunt of Plymouth, Massachusetts is the registered agent.[1]

The officers include:

  • President: Melissa A. Harding Ferretti[6]
  • Treasurer: Jennifer Harding
  • Clerk: Kathryn E. Hunt
  • Director: Hazel Currence
  • Director: Jill Lauzon
  • Director: Taylor Reis-Stasis
  • Director: Lori Wentworth
  • Medicine Man: Troy Currence.[1]

Land
The Great Herring Pond, Cedarville, Massachusetts

The Herring Pong Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. has asserted historic land claims to three parcels of land totaling approximately than 3,000 acres.[14] The Town of Plymouth deeded the Pondville Indian Meetinghouse and a six-acre property, near the Great Herring Pond, to the Herring Pong Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. in 2022.[5]

In December 2018, ownership of a six-acre historical burial ground in Plymouth, Massachusetts was transferred to the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Inc.[15]

Activities

The Herring Pond Wampanoag were historically one of the praying towns that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts set up in the colonial era.

The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe are involved in the Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project.[16] In 1924 they helped organize the annual powwow at the beginning of July. The first few powwows were held at the Herring Pond Wampanoag Meetinghouse before expanding and moving to Mashpee, Massachusetts.

The Native Youth Empowerment Foundation of Massachusetts awarded the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. a $145,00 Capacity Building Grant in 2022 "to preserve, promote and protect the cultural, spiritual and economic well-being of its tribal youth and preservation of its tribal homeland.[5]

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation in Quincy, Massachusetts, donated $100,000 in operating funds to the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. in 2021.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribal Council, Inc". OpenCorporates. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  2. "Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribal Council Inc". Charity Navigator. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  3. "No. 126: Massachusetts Native Americans | Mass.gov". www.mass.gov. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  4. "Indian Affairs | Mass.gov". www.mass.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. Remillard, Calli (December 2, 2022). "Herring Pond Tribe Receives $145K Grant". The Enterprise Bourne. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. "Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe of Plymouth receives a $100,000 operating support grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation". ICT. January 5, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. "Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs". Indian Affairs Bureau. Federal Register. April 6, 2023. pp. 7554–58. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  8. "No. 126: Massachusetts Native Americans | Mass.gov". www.mass.gov. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  9. Kindy, Dave. "Plymouth Wampanoags get $100,000 grant to help reclaim heritage". Wicked Local. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  10. "State Recognized Tribes". www.500nations.com. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  11. "Herring Pond Tribe Receives $145K Grant". CapeNews.net. December 2, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  12. "Minutes of the Virtual Meeting of the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs". mass.gov. August 9, 2023.
  13. "Petitions in Process | Indian Affairs". www.bia.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  14. "Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe | Native Northeast Portal". nativenortheastportal.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  15. Clark, Emily (December 5, 2018). "Herring Pond Wampanoag burial ground comes home". Taunton Gazette. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  16. "Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project (WLRP) | AILDI". aildi.arizona.edu. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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