WEYMOUTH − A memorial service will mark the 400th anniversary of the massacre at Wessagusset in 1623, when English Colonists ambushed members of the Massachusett tribe. The memorial is scheduled for 3 ...

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A Native American tribe is calling on Boston University to change the name of a dorm that honors Myles Standish, the military leader of the Pilgrims. The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag says Myles ...

Andre StrongBearHeart of the Nipmuc watches the fire closely as the wind picks up and feeds the flame. Every few minutes, someone with a metal scraper shapes the wood as it smolders, gradually ...

QUINCY − A new statue to honor the Three Sisters, changes to the history curriculum of Quincy Public Schools and use of a city-owned building at Squaw Rock are among a host of promises made by Quincy ...

According to the website for the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the name Massachusetts comes from the Massachusett tribe of indigenous people. The Algonquian word roughly translates ...

The mishoon — or canoe — at the heart of this Indigenous tradition can be seen at the Little Mystic Boat Slip in Charlestown When the sun rose over the Tobin Memorial Bridge in Charlestown on Oct. 31, ...

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A student-run Massachusetts newspaper announced plans of changing its 130-year-old name out of respect for the Indigenous population. Brookline High School’s “The Sagamore” will change its name for ...

Massachusetts gamblers may soon be getting a new casino. In late March, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reached a new revenue-sharing agreement with the city of Taunton. The agreement offered plans for an ...

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