Year: 2020

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Herring Pond Wampanoag of Plymouth Receive $156,000 Grant from Sheehan Family Companies Kingston MA!!

March 7, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://indiancountrytoday.com/the-press-pool/herring-pond-wampanoag-tribe-of-plymouth-receives-156-000-grant-from-sheehan-family-companies-wTvMMOC-tEqyZukQyC9rZQ?fbclid=IwAR1A3xLMLKYTlyxaTQAL3EPXhp1avHLVPwgGC8eKS4s0Y4Cu1_4-LB-wMRU News Release Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe of Plymouth, Massachusetts was recently awarded a $156,000 grant from the Sheehan Family Companies of Kingston, Massachusetts. The three-year grant will help further Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe’s mission to preserve, promote, and protect the cultural, spiritual, and economic well-being of its tribal members, educate youth, and promote awareness among the public about tribal history and rights. “The Herring Pond…

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Herring Pond Wampanoag Awarded $156,000 Project Grant for Land Stewardship and Youth Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Education Program!

March 1, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe of Plymouth receives grant from Sheehan Family Companies for land stewardship and youth ecological knowledge education Plymouth, MA – Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe of Plymouth, Massachusetts was recently awarded a $156,000 grant from the Sheehan Family Companies of Kingston, Massachusetts. The three-year grant will help further Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe’s mission to preserve, promote, and protect the cultural, spiritual and economic well-being of…

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Creating Discourse with a Tribal Chairwoman on Indigenous Women’s Leadership – UMASS Boston Office of Community Partnerships January Newsletter

February 20, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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Plymouth Wampanoags Among US- Melissa Harding Ferretti

February 18, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20190513/plymouth-wampanoags-among-us-melissa-harding-ferretti By Emily Clarkeclark@wickedlocal.comPosted May 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM “I’m a member of the Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe. I am the current president chairwoman of that tribe.” “I’m a member of the Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe. I am the current president chairwoman of that tribe. I am a descendent of Love Saunders and Harriet Little Saunders Harding. I am great-granddaughter of Caleb S. Harding. He was born in 1871. I am the granddaughter of Bernard…

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Wampanoags Among Us – Herring Pond Medicine Man Troy Currence

February 18, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20190422/wampanoags-among-us-herring-pond-wampanoag-medicine-man-troy-currence By Emily Clarkeclark@wickedlocal.comPosted Apr 22, 2019 at 10:00 AM I live in Bourne. I am Wampanoag from my mother’s side and also Catawba (Native American) from my father’s side and so my bloodline here is I go back to my mom who is Hazel Harding Currence, and then I go back through her to my grandfather Maurice Belmont Harding. This series features Pilgrim and Wampanoag descendants to honor Plymouth 400th Commemoration Herring Pond Wampanoag Medicine…

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Herring Pond Wampanoag WINS Bid for Return of Ancient Burial Ground

February 17, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20191016/herring-pond-wampanoag-win-bid-for-their-burial-ground By Emily Clarkeclark@wickedlocal.comPosted Oct 16, 2019 at 6:00 AM In the spring of 1840, the family of Dina Chummuc gathered around a little plot off Long Pond Road in Cedarville, mourning the loss of the 19-year-old Herring Pond Wampanoag PLYMOUTH – In the spring of 1840, the family of Dinah Chummuc gathered around a little plot off Long Pond Road in Cedarville, mourning the loss of the 19-year-old Herring Pond Wampanoag. What she died of…

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Herring Pond Wampanaog Burial Ground Hits Snag

February 17, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20190320/herring-pond-wampanoag-burial-ground-transfer-hits-snag Their dead are buried here, so the town gave them back the cemetery that, by rights, belonged to them in the first place. PLYMOUTH – Their dead are buried here, so the town gave them back the cemetery that, by rights, belonged to them in the first place. Now, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe chairlady Melissa Ferretti says state law is preventing Herring Pond Wampanoags from taking ownership of the…

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Herring Pond Wampanoag Burial Ground Comes Home

February 17, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20181205/herring-pond-wampanoag-burial-ground-comes-home Alice Hirsch, wife of Solomon Webquish, died Aug. 11, 1859 and was buried here, on a hill in Cedarville, off Long Pond Road. Hirsch was laid to rest alongside relatives and cousins like Dina Chummuc who died at the age of 19 April 17, 1840, Antone Francis, who was 31 when he died in 1840 and Lucy Anah, who was buried here in 1831, never to see her fourth…

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Herring Pond Wampanoag asking for 6 Acres in Plymouth MA

February 17, 2020

Melissa Harding-Ferretti

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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20180905/herring-pond-wampanoag-asking-for-six-acres-in-south-plymouth It’s an innocuous article toward the back of the fall Town Meeting warrant affecting a relatively small hidden property at the southern end of Plymouth. But for the Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe it could be an important step forward. PLYMOUTH – It’s an innocuous article toward the back of the fall Town Meeting warrant affecting a relatively small hidden property at the southern end of Plymouth. But for the…