Massasoit Returns Home (April 7, 2017)

As reported by Cape Cod Today, the remains of the Wampanoag tribal leader who first parlayed with the English settlers known as the “Pilgrims,” were returned to their homeland on April 7, 2017.

(See the full article here http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2017/04/12/231617-Wampanoag-Massasoit-Returns-Original-Burial-Site)

Known in his Native language as 8sâmeeqan, the Wamanoag tribal leader was finally interred in a traditional Wampanoag ceremony earlier this month. This marks the end of a 20-year quest by tribal members who sought to bring together the scattered remains from the holdings of seven different museum collections. As reported on the tribe’s website, the effort was spearheaded by “Ramona Peters, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Director for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe; Repatriation Officers, Edith Andrews of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Kenneth Alves of the Assonet Band of Wampanoag, and John Peters Jr. of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.”

For more information, see (https://www.massasoithomecoming.com/news/)

 

 

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