Year: 2020

Chairwoman Ferretti and Medicine Man Troy Currence share their views in this article by Emily Clark…Pilgrims who sought freedom, denied same to Wampanoag

November 27, 2020

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https://www.capecodtimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/11/24/pilgrims-sought-religious-freedom-then-denied-wampanoag/6354843002/?fbclid=IwAR3NdI7zacJ2aRhfVaF8c17BnDBb9UgwEj9YLWfnjEKdwMtXxpeNLoay69c LYMOUTH – Troy Currence, the Herring Pond Wampanoag medicine man, weighed a paradox in his head for likely the millionth time as he led the way to a memorial in Bourne. A metal plaque attached to a large rock announces it as the site of “the first meeting house for Indians” and one of the first Herring Pond Wampanoag burial grounds. About 400 years ago, a mysterious plague struck Patuxet, renamed Plymouth…

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Tribal Elder Hazel Currence and Troy Currence Medicine Man of the Herring Pond Wampanoag share some words with Eryn Dion…This is America: A not-so-happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2020

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Eryn Dion USA TODAY https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/11/26/america-not-so-happy-thanksgiving/6355189002/ It’s Thanksgiving. Have you watched “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” yet? Perhaps the seasonal episode of “The Simpsons”? We got you early? Good. Time to hit pause. Welcome to the “This is America” newsletter centered on race, identity and how they shape our lives. I’m Eryn Dion, a journalist based in New England, a region known to unapologetically tout its place in American history. This year marks the…

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WCVB Channel 5 – Chronicle “Labors of Love” interview with Ted Reinstein and the Herring Pond Wampanaog

October 24, 2020

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Plymouth’s Herring Pond Wampanoag oppose hydro electric connector plan

September 9, 2020

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20200901/plymouths-herring-pond-wampanoag-oppose-hydro-connector-plan PLYMOUTH – The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe has joined with the Penobscot and Innnu Nation in their opposition to plans to clear cut 145 miles of indigenous Maine wilderness to make way for a hydroelectric connection between Canada and the United States. The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe is urging Gov. Charlie Baker and Maine Gov. Janet Mills to reject imports of Canadian hydroelectricity, which they say is being siphoned…

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Plymouth Comes Out from Under the Rock!!

August 28, 2020

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20200826/plymouth-comes-out-from-under-rock-to-discuss-its-racial-past Most people know the story about Plymouth’s colonization, but do they know the full history? Under The Rock sought to inform residents and visitors about the town’s past and the many racially diverse populations who helped build it. More than 100 people attended a program Thursday at Brewster Garden on racial healing, learning and “good trouble,” a phrase coined by the late civil rights leader John Lewis to encourage people to…

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The No Place for Hate, Indivisible Plymouth and the Herring Pond Wampanoag came together to spread the word of PEACE and HEALING!

August 21, 2020

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Plymouth organizations to host an Under the Rock event! https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20200816/plymouth-organizations-to-host-under-rock-event PLYMOUTH — The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Plymouth No Place for Hate Committee, the Plymouth Area League of Women Voters and Indivisible Plymouth will host Under the Rock, an outdoor and socially-distanced public event, from 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at Brewster Garden, 30 Court St., to uncover history. Attendees are asked to wear a mask. The rain date…

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Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe of Plymouth, Massachusetts Calls on Governors Baker and Mills to save rivers and communities in Canada

August 17, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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DATE: August 17, 2020 Contact: Melissa Ferretti, Chairlady/President, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. Tel: 508.304.5023 Melissaferretti@hotmail.com The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe today announced it is joining with the Penobscot and Innu Nation in opposing the transmission corridor for hydroelectricity from Canada to Boston. In a letter the Herring Pond Tribe calls on Governor Charlie Baker and Governor Janet Mills in Maine to reject imports of Canadian hydroelectricity because they cause…

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Efforts gain steam to end schools’ Native American mascots and nicknames

August 16, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/25/metro/wake-black-lives-matter-renewed-push-end-schools-native-american-mascots/

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Plymouth Area League of Women’s Voters and No Place for Hate ” Let Talk Unconscious Bias” Forum

April 14, 2020

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20200209/plymouth-npfh-and-league-of-women-voters-team-for-anti-prejudice-forum By Emily Clarkeclark@wickedlocal.comPosted Feb 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM The signs of prejudice are not always clearly defined, and the term “unconscious bias” points to what can happen when people aren’t aware they are acting out of prejudice. PLYMOUTH – The signs of prejudice are not always clearly defined, and the term “unconscious bias” points to what can happen when people aren’t aware they are acting out of prejudice. The results can be insidious, undermining…

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Old Colony Memorial: Herring Pond Awarded Sheehan Family Grant

March 7, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20200302/herring-pond-wampanoag-awarded-sheehan-family-grant By Emily Clarkeclark@wickedlocal.comPosted Mar 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM While Europeans equated large buildings made of stone, written histories and ownership of land with civilization, many if not most Native American societies honored the earth and animals, borrowed the land from their grandchildren and practiced conservation. PLYMOUTH – While Europeans equated large buildings made of stone, written histories and ownership of land with civilization, many if not most Native American societies honored the earth and…