On February 5, 2020, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the People of the First Light, were forced to continue their fight for sovereignty and land rights, this time in the federal appeals court in Boston.The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts have occupied the same region for over 12,000 years and have faced diminishment of their homelands since colonization. The lands of the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation today represent less than one half of one percent of their original territories. They are the descendants of the Indigenous Peoples who met the Pilgrims when they arrived on the Mayflower 400 years ago. For 400 years, the Tribe has fought for their survival, their lands, and resources.
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