Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
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Lands
Mashpee on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States; Wampanoag homelands across present-day Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island
Countries United States
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Population
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the People of the First Light, has about 3,200 enrolled citizens.
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Governance
The Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007.
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Language
Children at Mukayuhsak Weekuw, the Mashpee Wampanoag language nest, could be the first in centuries to grow up proficient in Wôpanâak.
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