Indigenous peoples -- North America, Woodlands -- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Nation

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years. the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007. [https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/]