The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is seeking bids for its Police Department to install a Police Substation. The substation is a 28x62 modular which will require constructional ground preparation. Ground construction should provide a clear perimeter around the site and create an elevation of +/-80’.

Our Tribal Elders celebrated the holiday season with this year’s Elders Christmas Party held at
the Community and Government Center. The festive gathering included a meal catered by Chef Sherry Pocknett, music, raffles, and good company for all to enjoy!

Mashpee-Wakeby Pond has received its diagnostic pond study results, and a management plan is in the works to improve the water quality. “We are finally here to discuss the highly anticipated Mashpee-Wakeby Diagnostic Study and the Mashpee Water Quality Report for the estuaries from 2019 to 2023,” said Ashley Fisher, the town’s water quality coordinator, to the Mashpee Select Board on Monday evening, December 16.

Published on Thursday, November 21, 2024, the Brookings Report on Indian Boarding Schools, co-authored by Tribal Member Robert Maxim, raises serious concerns about the future of federal efforts to address the devastating legacy of Indian boarding schools.

The Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project continues to hold community language classes for enrolled tribal citizens and family members who live in their household. Details on their Beginner Workbook Class that begins on on January 28th are listed below.

Weetumuw School is accepting applications for both classrooms: Mukayuhsak Weekuw (ages 3-kindergarten) and Wushkeenune8ak Weekuw (grades 1-3). Please email Head of School Nitana Hicks Greendeer if interested nitana.greendeer@mwtribe-nsn.gov.

The ZYG 808 and Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor have been named top nominees for the 2024 Native American Music Awards.

Tribal citizen Billy Atkins threw for 181 yards and a touchdown in his first start since 2022, leading James Madison University to the program's first bowl win after topping Western Kentucky 27-17 on Wednesday night in the Boca Raton Bowl.

With the histories of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony being centered in the Massachusetts State Standards and the resources that have long been produced this course intends to tell these stories from the Mashpee Wampanoag reality and equipping participants to do the same. If you are an Educator and interested in joining us, please do reach out to register !

The Native American Teacher Retention Initiative Grant (NATRI) currently supports the cohort of several Native Educators eager and dedicated to help our youth thrive academically, socially and culturally. We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce them to the community. 

Sacred Parenting Workshops have been ongoing since 2020 and will continue throughout this upcoming year. One of the main underlying goals of these workshops is to revive traditional parenting practices for the well-being of future generations by embarking on a journey of personal healing.