Resolution Recognizing and Protecting the Ancient and Aboriginal Claim of the Indians in the Commonwealth.
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/25/metro/wake-black-lives-matter-renewed-push-end-schools-native-american-mascots/