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Chairwoman Ferretti and Medicine Man Troy Currence share their views in this article by Emily Clark…Pilgrims who sought freedom, denied same to Wampanoag

November 27, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti
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https://www.capecodtimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/11/24/pilgrims-sought-religious-freedom-then-denied-wampanoag/6354843002/?fbclid=IwAR3NdI7zacJ2aRhfVaF8c17BnDBb9UgwEj9YLWfnjEKdwMtXxpeNLoay69c LYMOUTH – Troy Currence, the Herring Pond Wampanoag medicine man, weighed a paradox in his head for likely the millionth time as he led the way to a memorial in Bourne. A metal plaque attached to a large rock announces it as the site of “the first meeting house for Indians” and one of the first Herring Pond Wampanoag burial grounds. About 400 years ago, a mysterious plague struck Patuxet, renamed Plymouth…

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Tribal Elder Hazel Currence and Troy Currence Medicine Man of the Herring Pond Wampanoag share some words with Eryn Dion…This is America: A not-so-happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti
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Eryn Dion USA TODAY https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/11/26/america-not-so-happy-thanksgiving/6355189002/ It’s Thanksgiving. Have you watched “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” yet? Perhaps the seasonal episode of “The Simpsons”? We got you early? Good. Time to hit pause. Welcome to the “This is America” newsletter centered on race, identity and how they shape our lives. I’m Eryn Dion, a journalist based in New England, a region known to unapologetically tout its place in American history.  This year marks the…

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Plymouth’s Herring Pond Wampanoag oppose hydro electric connector plan

September 9, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti
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https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20200901/plymouths-herring-pond-wampanoag-oppose-hydro-connector-plan

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Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe of Plymouth, Massachusetts Calls on Governors Baker and Mills to save rivers and communities in Canada

August 17, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti
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DATE: August 17, 2020 Contact: Melissa Ferretti, Chairlady/President, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. Tel: 508.304.5023  Melissaferretti@hotmail.com The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe today announced it is joining with the Penobscot and  Innu Nation  in opposing the transmission corridor for hydroelectricity from Canada to Boston. In a letter the Herring Pond Tribe calls on Governor Charlie Baker and Governor Janet Mills in Maine to reject imports of Canadian hydroelectricity because they cause…

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Efforts gain steam to end schools’ Native American mascots and nicknames

August 16, 2020

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Melissa Harding-Ferretti
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/25/metro/wake-black-lives-matter-renewed-push-end-schools-native-american-mascots/

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