How to Use Wampanoag in a Sentence

Wampanoag

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Definition of Wampanoagnext
  • Hoover was with her boyfriend at the time, who is Wampanoag.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, the Wampanoag Indians would have brought lobsters, deer meat, clams, and eels.
    — Ashley Leath, Country Living, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The community has been the home of the Wampanoag people for thousands of years, and their headquarters remain here to this day.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Writing this series gave me a lot of opportunities to think about my own tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag.
    — Paige Vega, Vox, 14 Oct. 2024
  • In 1621, Pilgrims shared a feast with the Wampanoag people, which was recounted in a letter written by settler Edward Winslow.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Nasaump, traditional Wampanoag yellow corn grits, is served at breakfast, and sandwiches can be served on Indian fry bread, a fried flatbread.
    — Andrea E. McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The town, the ancestral home of Wampanoag Tribe, was formerly called Gay Head, named by settlers for its brightly colored clay cliffs, before the residents voted to restore its original name in the late 1990s.
    — Remy Tumin, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • But there was joy in having something to teach them, to share with them, to connect them not only to a generational tradition but also to the history of the land, where the Mashpee Wampanoag used to harvest from these same waters — and still do.
    — Kim Gooden, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Their diners included descendants of the Wampanoag tribe, and the Boston chefs’ dishes included a lot of similar ingredients to the Elimination challenge offerings this week: rabbit, butternut squash, beans, duck, and goose.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2024

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