Wampanoag Indians - Boston Children's Museum

		Wampanoag Indians - History, Culture, and Heritage Boston Children's Museum and Wampanoag Indian Advisors jointly offer this website to help educators present the history of Wampanoag people with accuracy and respect. We recognize that an appropriate understanding of Wampanoag culture, history, and heritage must come from the voices of Wampanoag people. For too long, the history of Native Americans has been either misrepresented or excluded from textbooks, storybooks, and mainstream American history. The resources on this site include in-depth dialogue about critical issues in Wampanoag history, activities, suggested readings, and examples from the Museum's collections. The Native Advisors to this website are: Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag; Joan Avant Tavares, Mashpee Wampanoag; Earl "Chiefie" Mills, Jr., Mashpee Wampanoag; Carol Mills, Ojibway; Maurice Foxx, Mashpee Wampanoag; Jessie 'little doe' Fermino, Mashpee Wampanoag; and Gladys Widdiss, Aquinnah Wampanoag. The Boston Children's Museum staff are: Lauren Carusi, Tamara Grybko, and Joan Lester, Project Developers; Bernadette Murphy, Teacher Center Program Manager; Tobias Vanderhoop, Aquinnah Wampanoag, Native American Program Specialist; and Virginia Zanger, Teacher Center Director.

		The logo for the website is explained by Wampanoag advisor, Jessie 'little doe' Fermino: "The four colors on the Medicine Wheel represent the four races of people. The reason that there are four is that the Creator created all four -- each one with a specific responsibility and special gifts. In order for people to live together on this earth, everyone has to have their place in the circle. In the spirit of respecting that Medicine Wheel, we have developed this website in joint partnership with The Children's Museum." Special thanks to MCI WorldCom for providing generous funding for this project, CenterMedia for the production of the website, Joan Avant Tavares for her photograph of the South Cape Beach sunrise, and Cape Cod Standard Times for the photograph of Slow Turtle, Supreme Medicine Man (1930-1997) with his granddaughter. Click HERE for the Wampanoag Summer Institute Application

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