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Category: Native American History & Genealogy

Illustration: Ousamequin, or “Massasoit” (Wampanoag term for “Great Sachem”) and Governor John Carver smoking a ceremonial pipe at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Credit: Sutro Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 7)

By Melissa Berry on June 6, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, focusing on the Amos and allied family lines... (Read More)

Illustration: Ousamequin, or “Massasoit” (Wampanoag term for “Great Sachem”) and Governor John Carver smoking a ceremonial pipe at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Credit: Sutro Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 6)

By Melissa Berry on June 4, 2025

Melissa Berry continues her series on the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians first in contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims, focusing on the Amos family lines... (Read More)

Illustration: Ousamequin, or “Massasoit” (Wampanoag term for “Great Sachem”) and Governor John Carver smoking a ceremonial pipe at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Credit: Sutro Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 5)

By Melissa Berry on May 28, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Modocs in Their Stronghold,” a wood engraving published in Harper’s Weekly, 3 May 1873. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Captain Jack’s 52 Modoc Warriors Defeated 400 U.S. Troops

By Tony Pettinato on January 17, 2025

Surrounded by 400 soldiers and two cannons, 53 Modoc warriors fought desperately to defend their families in the First Battle of the Stronghold in 1873... (Read More)

Photo: Mandan girls gathering berries. From the Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Celebrating Native American History: From Ancient Times to Modern Insights

By GenealogyBank on July 25, 2024

Delve into the history of Native Americans & gain an understanding of their heritage. Explore the traditions and contributions of indigenous peoples... (Read More)

Illustration: a close-up of the portrait of Abraham Quary by Jerom Thompson, 1834. Credit: New York Public Library, New York.

Abraham Quary, the Last Male Wampanoag Indian on Nantucket

By Melissa Berry on April 9, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry shows portraits and belongings of Abraham Quary (1768-1854), the last male Wampanoag Indian on the island of Nantucket... (Read More)

Photo: Clinton Mye Haynes (Chief Wildhorse) of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe smoking a pipe. Credit: William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on February 29, 2024

Melissa Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, friends of the Pilgrims, focusing on the Skipper and Mye family lines... (Read More)

Photo: members of the Wampanoag Nation who gathered for the three-day powwow of their tribes at Mashpee, Massachusetts, in 1929. Left to right: Chief Standing Rock of the Herring Pond Tribe; Chief Red Shell of the Wampanoags; Chief Small Bear of the Mashpee Tribe; and Chief High Eagle, medicine man of the Wampanoags. Credit: Boston Public Library Digital Commonwealth.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on February 16, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe and its Mayflower connections, focusing on the Attaquin family... (Read More)

Photo: Mashpee Wampanoag ceremony in Middleborough, Massachusetts, 1930. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 13, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

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