Memorial Day Safety Guidelines from Emergency Management
As Memorial Day Weekend is already upon us, we are facing many new challenges that are surrounding us in the midst of this new virus and unprecedented pandemic. In order Continue Reading
Congress Shows Support for Protecting Tribe’s Land
Lending support of the Mashpee Wampanoag in its fight to preserve its land in trust status, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), along with other members of Congress, filed a bicameral, bipartisan Continue Reading
Tribe’s Emergency Management Director Featured on BBC News
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Emergency Management Director Nelson Andrews Jr provided a brief overview to BBC World News on the current situation that native American Tribes are facing during the Continue Reading
Message from the Chairman: Protecting Your Aboriginal Rights
Wunee Keesuq Tribal Family, The tribe has received notice that signage has been placed up by property owners at Oregon Rd., Bailey Rd., and Vineyard Rd. in Cotuit next to Continue Reading
Important Covid-19 Update from Emergency Management
As a result of the upcoming expected surge in COVID-19 for the entire state of Mass and with the safety and well-being of the entire community in mind. The Mashpee Continue Reading
Amid Crisis Tribe Files Emergency Injunction with DC Court
Yesterday, the Tribe asked the District Court for the District of Columbia to issue an emergency restraining order to prevent the Secretary of the Interior from taking the Mashpee Wampanoag Continue Reading
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Threatened with Land Disestablishment, Tribal Leaders Step in to Address Ongoing Land Issues and Threats to Sovereignty
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Secretary of the Interior notified the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe that he has ordered the disestablishment of the Tribe’s reservation, an act that would take Continue Reading
Message from the Chairman: We Will Take Action to Prevent the Loss of Our Land
At 4:00 pm today — on the very day that the United States has reached a record 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and our Tribe is desperately struggling with Continue Reading
Governor of Massachusetts Issues Emergency Order: Essential Tribal Operations Continue to Provide Service
Today, Governor Charlie Baker issued an emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide Coronavirus essential services to close their physical workplaces to workers, customers and the Continue Reading
Tribe Sees Court Decision as a Grave Injustice to Indigenous People
This evening we learned that the First Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn Judge Young’s decision in the lower court. The decision has no impact on the Mashpee Wampanoag Continue Reading