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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First settled by the Wampanoag people and later transformed into a bustling whaling hub, Nantucket is also home to a proud Portuguese community, including many descendants of Azorean immigrants who first arrived as whalers.
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New York Times, 31 July 2025
The former leader of Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag Nation got in trouble yet again for fraud.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025
As a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Lee takes readers beyond the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 21 July 2025
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.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 July 2025
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New York Times, 31 July 2025
The former leader of Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag Nation got in trouble yet again for fraud.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025
As a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Lee takes readers beyond the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 21 July 2025
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.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 July 2025
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“Wampanoag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wampanoag. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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