Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation

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This article is about a contemporary organization in Cranston, Rhode Island. For nonprofit in Millbury, Massachusetts, see Pokanoket Nation. For ethnic group, see Wampanoag. For 16th and 17th-century Wampanoag village, see Pokanoket. For 16th and 17th-century Wampanoag village, see Pocasset village.
Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe
of the Pokanoket Nation
Named afterPocasset and Pokanoket, two villages and bands of Wampanoag people
Formation2017[1]
Founded atCranston, Rhode Island[2][1]
Typenonprofit organization[1]
EIN 82-2650017[1]
PurposeLand Resources Conservation (C34)[1]
HeadquartersCranston, Rhode Island[1]
Location
  • United States
MembershipMore than 200[3] (2010)
Official language
English
Principal Officer
Duane Shepard Sr.[1]
SubsidiariesPocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, Inc.
Websitepocassetpokanoket.com

The Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation is one of several cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Wampanoag people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. They formed a nonprofit organization, the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, Inc., in 2017.[1]

The Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation is a state-recognized tribe in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.[4]

They should not be confused with other unrecognized tribes, such as the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts and Rhode Island;[5] the Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation, based in Warwick, Rhode Island;[6] the Pocasset Wampanoag Indian Tribe in Cheshire, Connecticut; or the Pokanoket Nation, based in Millbury, Massachusetts, and Bristol, Rhode Island.

Nonprofit organization

Members of the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation registered the Pocaseet Pokanoket Land Trust, Inc., as a nonprofit corporation in 2017.[2][1] Leslie S. Rich, Esq., of Cranston, Rhode Island, is the registered agent.[2]

The directors include:

  • Chairman: George Spring "Buffalo"[3]
  • Vice chairman: Daryl "Black Eagle" Jamieson[3]
  • Leslie S. Rich.[2]

Land claims

The organization owns more than 424 acres in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Freetown, Massachusetts. They claim the Watuppa Reservation,[3] the public access area of 8,500 acres owned by the City of Fall River.[7] In 2024, they reclaimed 40 acres of the Pocasset Cedar Swamp in Tiverton, Rhode Island with the support of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

Activities

Daryl "Black Eagle" Jamieson, who identifies as a Clan Chief of the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation, is drum director of the Eastern Medicine Singers, runs the Eastern Medicine Cultural LLC, and Black Eagle Productions.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, Inc". OpenCorporates. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Pateakos, Jay (February 4, 2010). "Pocasset Wampanoags say casino is behind land deal". Wicjed Local. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Appendix B: 66 State-Recognized Tribes". American Indian Health and Nursing. Springer Publishing Connect. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Spillane, Jack (May 12, 2022). "Pocasset Tribe fights to gain control of Fall River land they were given 300-plus years ago". The New Bedford Light. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "List of Petitioners by State" (PDF). Department of the Interior. November 13, 2013. p. 42. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Watuppa Reservation". Save Buzzards Bay Coalition. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  8. ^ Zuckerman, Faye (May 21, 2020). "RIEAP Alumni Consultant Program offers mentoring to the latest cohort". Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
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