Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation

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. They formed a nonprofit organization, the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, Inc., in 2017.

The Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation is an unrecognized organization. Despite having the word "nation" in their name, this organization is neither a federally recognized tribe nor a state-recognized tribe.

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

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, one of the only two federally recognized Wampanoag tribes, states they are the descendants of the historical Pokanoket people.

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. Leslie S. Rich, Esq., of Cranston, Rhode Island, is the registered agent.

The directors include:

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

Land claims

The organization owns more than 424 acres in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Freetown, Massachusetts. They claim the Watuppa Reservation, the public access area of 8,500 acres owned by the City of Fall River.

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.

See also

• List of unrecognized tribes in the United States

References

External links

• Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation, Auburn, MA
• Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, Crangston, RI

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