6 10 189 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/aaed3c303d5c9ecac3440dcc9ea36bc2.pdf a097335c3fd3bd8c47c5372a270db819 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (April 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-340 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/2bd670509f04b1f847d375064fbbd0c4.pdf 7006f0869b7f0f54c635012f521e002e PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (May 1981) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-341 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/7c301cd663b8eb53824894a2116995df.pdf 36d5328e3d60e4a0234885305a75a74f PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (June 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-342 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/5cf75466221c700035d3512c8e5cfe28.pdf a3219c8024c1e37262459256703efffd PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (August 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-343 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/fe2428198b1ae9c0ebd7c0f2093290ba.pdf 96ac070ba852f15d26649ee9c5887204 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (October 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-344 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/e17b904a42f0a74e4a41a8593e85eadc.pdf 7d9444a53b44f7bdbb912d8c29f4a68c PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (November 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-345 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/91271a7078fecef466d6f44c67422cd5.pdf 22dfb5226f3075e90e8b9954b02fd469 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (January 1982) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-346 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/a13ef8086a0388d428c3ba2f74358f5a.pdf 18c9887f4362bb2e3cbe9f03b9b8b378 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (February 1982) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-02 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-347 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/baf4dcd809b2af084bdba0fdb3907cae.pdf 2b93f415de9d1a21d5c7c50872e93951 PDF Text Text MASHPEE’S IDENTITY Why there should be speculation about Mashpee’s identity, with the emphasis on its traditional char acter being on the way out, is particularly agrivating to those of us Wampanoags who are Mashpee's Native Community. Development, architectural design, new comers, one center or five centers, do not change the history and identity of Mashpee. "Mashpee was once a close-knit community - all that has changed," stated our Town Planner. the right to make this statement? What gives him We haven’t seen him at one of our inter-tribal socials, tribal meetings, youth gatherings, or any number of other Indian activities which we have perpetuated down through the years as started by our ancestors long before Columbus discovered us* We are still a very close knit community, following our traditional culture, and despite adversities, we move forward. In 1870, Mashpee was incorporated into a Town. It was an Indian town then and it is an Indian town now, as the "Land of the Wampanoags" signs indicated. We recog nize that Mashpee Commons is there. We do not recognize that Mashpee has been reinvented. Why is the word "re invented" being used at all? Is it because there are those who wish to wipe out Mashpee’s Indian identity as permanently as when Columbus "discovered" us? The fact is that we have a very unique identity. Why can’ we go forward and be proud of that identity t "The Land of the Wampanoag." By the way, after all these changes are made, what is the Town of Mashpee being faced with? Not Identity...Environmental Strangulation is the answer ??? Joan Avant Tavares; President, Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc. Director, H a sheee/Falmouth*Indian Education Program. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wampanoag Description An account of the resource Traditional Wampanoag territory encompasses a wide swath of southern New England--much of what is now southeastern Massachusetts, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Today, there are two federally recognized communities: one at Mashpee, Cape Cod; the other at Aquinnah (Gay Head), Martha's Vineyard. Wampanoag people were among the first indigenous people regionally to begin writing and published a Wampanoag-language bible as early as 1663--a text that has been useful in contemporary language revival efforts. Wampanoag people have also been devoted writers of their own history, as evidenced by the detailed timelines that appear even on the official tribal websites. Resources <a href="http://mashpeewampanoagtribe.com/" target="_blank">Mashpee</a> Wampanoag Tribe <a href="http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/Pages/index" target="_blank">Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head</a> (Aquinnah) <a href="http://www.wlrp.org/" target="_blank">Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Mashpee's Identity" by Joan Tavares Avant Description An account of the resource Avant wrote this piece during her tenure as President of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council and Director of Mashpee's Indian Education Program. The piece appeared in the Mashpee powwow flyer, an important source of Wampanoag writing and self-representation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Avant, Joan Tavares Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Indigenous Resources Collaborative Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Joan Tavares Avant. Used with permission. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mashpee Wampanoag People of the First Light Annual Powwow flyer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Date Created Date of creation of the resource. June 2016 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-348 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/0a1b71698c46fe8e8f3cf71f92c87002.pdf c1a19b7c2299e237de79e94267b146b5 PDF Text Text An Indian Side of the Christopher Columbus Story X By J oa n Avant Tavares M ashpee W ampanocig There are two aides to every story. The story of proclaimed hero Christopher Co lumbus. who historians say discovered Amer ica. Is no exception. Here I dwell not on his glorified voyages but on the atrocities Inflicted upon Native Americans during his voyages and conquests throughout the New World. How many people are familiar with the story of Anacaona? What happened to her and her people, the Arawak Indians, when they resisted the Invasion and conquest of their Island (Hlspafllola) by Columbus would shock Americans. Anacaona. her family and friends, had welcomed Columbus. His brutal war of extermination was suppressed and de leted from the literature by official Spanish censors. All of the First People were soon enslaved, tortured, or persecuted. "The great est extermination of a people In the history of the world, and few people know about tt,“ says Professor Walter Fox Tree, whose play about her Is dedicated to 100 million Native Nations people. the Sky": and the second was, “ Heaven-sent allies against our enemies." The tribes had no defensive posture because they saw no need for one. _ The whites did not have to divide and con quer because so many native leaders a s sumed that the strangers spoke the truth. Europeans had only to overcome the tribes one by one and they found plenty of native assistance for the task. A lack of Iron, gun powder. ships, and horses was not nearly as Im portant a handicap for Indians as was their own willingness to welcome Columbus and his followers as friends and benefactors rather than uniting against this horde erf Invaders, bent upon conquest, and driving them from the lands. Columbus by Jim mie Durham, Cherokee ... Greenrock Woman was the name Of that old lady who walked right up And spat In Columbus' face. We Must remember that, and remember Laughing Otter the Talno who tried to stop Columbus and was taken away as a slave. We never saw him again. In school I learned of heroic discoveries Made by liars and crooks. The courage Of millions of sweet and true people Was not commemorated. Let us then declare a holiday For ourselves, and make a parade that begins With Columbus' victims and continues Even to our grandchildren who will be named In their h on or. . .* The first Europeans were welcomed by natives with gilts ol food and tokens of honor until the moment came when these same gifts, and more, were demanded as perpetual hom age. Europeans brought nothing that would benefit those who already occupied the lands. Moreover, the Ideas and Institutions which motivated them were never designed to help native peoples. The philosophy and economics of colonization were designed to benefit only the conquerors. It was no more than Interna tional plundering. On a thousand frontiers the Europeans used the technology of superior ships and superior guns to gain territorial beachheads. They then Imposed on the Indige nous societies a brutal form o f servitude understood by the conquerors but totally alien to most natives. The two American continents contained many separate and distinct groups of Native people In 1492. In North America alone, at least 600 different tribes coexisted, speaking 200 different languages and following ways of life that were as richly diverse as the many geographic regions they occupied. Isolated from the Eastern Hemisphere. Native America was unprepared for the massive Invasion that Columbus began. No Indian nation was even remotely aware of the vastness of the two continents. A few hundred miles away would have been a very long Journey for even the m ost well-traveled. There was nothing approaching a sentiment of racial solidarity. Almost every Indian tribe called Itself'We the People." Wherever Europe ans appeared for a century or more after 1492, the first thought of the Indians was "Men from 1. Beverly Slapln and Doris Seale. B ooks With out Bias: Through Indian E yes (Berkeley. Calif.: Ovate Press. 1987). Christopher Columbus was a Catholic who felt he must convert Aslan heathens to Christi anity. but In the end the "heathens" he met. Native American people, were much more likely to be killed or enslaved than to be truly con verted In the Christian sense. In 1492, a loan of over $7,000 enabled him to obtain three caravels (small ships) and a royal letter of passport from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. In return for bringing back gold and spices, they promised Columbus 10 percent of the profits, a personal governorship over new-found lands, and the fame that would go with the title Admiral of the Ocean Sea. When he finally approached land. Colum bus was met by the Arawaks who swam out to greet him. The Arawaks lived In village communes and had long before developed keen agricultural skills. They cultivated com, yams, and cassava. They had no Iron, but they wore tiny gold ornaments In their ears. This led Colum bus to take some of them aboard ship as prisoners. He Insisted that they guide him to the source of their gold. He then sailed to Cuba and later to Hlspafllola. Columbus built the first military base tn the Western Hemisphere. He left thirty-nine crew members with Instructions to find and store gold. He took more Indian prisoners and put them aboard two remaining ships (the Santa Marla was shipwrecked). Even though Columbus had time and again asserted that the Arawaks were the most kindly, peaceful and generous people In the world, during his second trip he and his brother collected 1500 o f them for shipment back to Spain as slaves. His four available ships, however, could only carry 500. Colum bus allowed Spanish settlers and officers to help themselves to those that remained. After this selection process, those few Indians left were told to flee. Mothers were forced to aban don infants In their desperate fear. Many of those slaves shipped to Spain died en route. In the province of Clcao. on Hispafllola. Columbus and his officers ordered all Arawaks fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they succeeded they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians who had not reached their quota of gold and were found without these copper tokens often had their hands cut off. Many bled to death as a result. When It became clear that there was no gold left, the Indians were used as slave labor and died by the thousands. By 1515, there were no more than 50,000 Arawak Indians left. A report In 1650 showed that none of the original Arawaks or their descendants were left on the Island. Columbus had promised "mountains of gold" to his backers and his effort to squeeze this wealth out of the simple native society of the Island caused death to half of Its population between 1492 and 1500—estimates vary from 125.000 to 500,000. Within two generations the entire Indian society was wiped out. None of Its people were converted to Christianity. There Is not one recorded moment of Joy, of love, or a smile. The Indian” an idea invented by la the white man to distinguish him from the Eu ropean. He is depicted as the person on the shore, outside o f the boat. In actuality, the Americas are filled with groups of people as different from each other as they are different from the Chinese people. There are hundreds o f religions, cultures, languages, and ways of life among the Native peoples of the Americas. The land was a model of diversity long before the arrival of Columbus. Europeans did not choose to see this diversity. They created the concept of one Indian nation to make what they saw as an entity with which they could deal From that time until now. the white man has. tn fact, molded the Indian In an image which has always been m ost expeditious and most profitable for the white man himself. There came a new force, and it was this force which decided what was going to happen to America's original Inhabitants. If others didn't agree, this force used the sword, chopped off heads, and asked If there was anyone else who disagreed. For American Indians, this force has always appeared as a single Individual. "One man. one sword, one vote."1 From the time of Columbus to the 2 present the white society has done little to change that view. 2. Joh n Mohawk. "Looking for Columbus," Native N ations 1:2 (February 1991). Afterwards they came swimming to the ships’ boats . . . and brought us parrots and cotton thread in balls, and spears and many other things, and we exchanged for them other things, such as small glass beads and hawks' bells, which we gave to them.... They were very well built, with very handsome bodies and very good faces.... They do not bear arms or know them, for I showed to them swords and they took them by the blade and cut themselves through ig n o r a n c e . T h e y are all generally fairly tall, good look ing, and well proportioned--- They should be good servants and o f quick intelligence, since I see they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Chris tians. The people also are very gentle.... All that they do possess, they give for anything which is given to them. — Excerpts from entries in Christo pher Colum bus'journal fo r the month o f O ctober 1492 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wampanoag Description An account of the resource Traditional Wampanoag territory encompasses a wide swath of southern New England--much of what is now southeastern Massachusetts, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Today, there are two federally recognized communities: one at Mashpee, Cape Cod; the other at Aquinnah (Gay Head), Martha's Vineyard. Wampanoag people were among the first indigenous people regionally to begin writing and published a Wampanoag-language bible as early as 1663--a text that has been useful in contemporary language revival efforts. Wampanoag people have also been devoted writers of their own history, as evidenced by the detailed timelines that appear even on the official tribal websites. Resources <a href="http://mashpeewampanoagtribe.com/" target="_blank">Mashpee</a> Wampanoag Tribe <a href="http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/Pages/index" target="_blank">Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head</a> (Aquinnah) <a href="http://www.wlrp.org/" target="_blank">Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "An Indian Side of the Christopher Columbus Story" by Joan Tavares Avant Description An account of the resource Avant has had a long career as a columnist for area newspapers. This article survives in her personal collections as a clipping; it may have appeared in The Mashpee Enterprise, to which she was a frequent contributor. The year is unknown. The article exemplifies the continuing efforts of Avant and other Wampanoag writers to tell history from their tribal perspectives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Avant, Joan Tavares Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Indigenous Resources Collaborative Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Joan Tavares Avant. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n.d. Language A language of the resource English Date Created Date of creation of the resource. June 2016 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-349 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf