Thread by @robmaxim

A reminder, 400 years after the Mayflower, that the Wampanoag people are still here, still practicing our culture, and still facing adversity

We didn’t just disappear or go extinct. And so I want to note some of the amazing things that we’re doing as a people (THREAD 👇)

Tribal citizens continue to revitalize the Wampanoag language. We run an immersion school taught fully in Wôpanâak: wlrp.org

We continue to reconstruct our history and reclaim our past through efforts like the Wampum Belt Project
cbc.ca/radio/unreserv…

We run one of only Indian Health Service facilities on the east coast between Maine and South Carolina—a stretch of over 1,200 miles

We’re stewards of our ancestral lands, preserving ecosystems on and around Cape Cod, and maintaining aboriginal hunting and fishing practices

Our annual powwow has been held for 99 years, according to records—and much longer before there were records

We are so much more than “the tribe that met the Pilgrims.” We are a living, breathing, nation.

But what we have is at risk today because my tribe, the Mashpee Wampanoag, is locked in a fight to maintain our land.

In this regard, the injustices imposed on my people by settlers have never really stopped
time.com/5911943/thanks…

So today, be sure to listen to Indigenous voices. And be sure to listen to Wampanoag voices.

Here are a few to get you started:
@savannah_maher
@SonkWaban
@Kisha890
@1durwood
@Mushohqat
@josephvlee