Cultural nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
This article is about a contemporary unrecognized tribe and nonprofit organization. For unrecognized tribe and nonprofit in Cranston, Rhode Island, see Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation. For 16th and 17th-century Wampanoag village, see Pokanoket.
Pokanoket Nation
Council of Seven & Royal House of Pokanoket & Pokanoket Tribe & Wampanoag Corporation
Named after
Pokanoket, a Wampanoag village
Formation
1994[1]
Founded at
Millbury, Massachusetts[2][1]
Type
nonprofit organization[1]
Tax ID no.
EIN 05-0474463[1]
Purpose
Ethnic/Immigrant Services (P84}[1]
Headquarters
Bristol, Rhode Island
Location
United States
Membership (2017)
200–250[3]
Official language
English
Chief/Sagamore
William Guy, aka Po Wauipi Neimpaug[3]
President
Michael S. Weeden[2][1]
Website
pokanokettribe.com
Formerly called
Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation[4]
The Pokanoket Nation, also known as the Pokanoket Tribe, is one of several cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Wampanoag people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.[5] They formed a nonprofit organization called the Council of Seven & Royal House of Pokanoket & Pokanoket Tribe & Wampanoag Corporation in 1994.[2]
The Pokanoket Nation is an unrecognized organization. They are neither a federally recognized tribe[6] nor a state-recognized tribe.[7]
In 2015, they dropped "Wampanoag" from their name.[3] They should not be confused with other unrecognized heritage groups, such as the Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation, based in Warwick, Rhode Island;[4] Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation, based in Auburn, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island; or the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Their chief or sagamore, William Guy, is also known as Po Wauipi Neimpaug.[3] Guy claims descent from Massasoit.[3]
The Narragansett Indian Tribe, the only federally recognized tribe in Rhode Island, does not recognize the Pokanoket Nation as a Native American tribe.[3] The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, one of the only two federally recognized Wampanoag tribes, states they are the descendants of the historical Pokanoket people.[8]
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