Massasoit

male
Native American, leader, sachem, wampanoag, Great Sachem, Ousamequin
Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c.1581-1661), was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term...

Squanto

male, deceased (1622)
Native American, American folklore, new world, slavery, friar, wampanoag…Wampanoag Confederacy
Tisquantum (better known as Squanto) (c. 1580s - November 1622) was one of two Native American Indians (Samoset being the other) that assisted the...
Metacomet

Metacomet

male, deceased (1676)
Native American, leader, metacom, wampanoag, King Philip, King Philip's War
Metacomet (c. 1639-August 12, 1676), also known as King Philip or Metacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in...

Wamsutta

male, deceased (1662)
Alexander, from Massachusetts, Native American, new england, leader, sachem…wampanoag
Wamsutta (b.c.1634 - d. 1662), also "Alexander" as he was called by New England colonists, was a leader (sachem) of the Wampanoag native American...
John Carver

John Carver

male, deceased (1621)
governor, nottinghamshire, leiden, mayflower passenger, leadership, leader…wampanoag
John Carver (1576-1621), Pilgrim leader and the first governor of Plymouth Colony, born probably in Nottinghamshire, England. Carver was a wealthy...
Weetamoo

Weetamoo

female, deceased (1676)
Pocasset, Woman warrior, Women ruler, leader, wampanoag, English
Weetamoo (1635 - 1676) (also referred to as Weetamoe) was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American woman who was born circa 1635 in Mettapoiset,...
John Sassamon

John Sassamon

male
from Massachusetts, puritan, pequot war, wampanoag, smallpox, Natick
John Sassamon was a Wampanoag Indian born in Massachusetts during the earlier part of the 17th century. His parents died in the smallpox outbreak...
Crispus Attucks

Crispus Attucks

male, deceased (1770)
death by firearm in the United States, Massachusetts colonial, white, african american history, Abolitionism, American Revolutionary War…wampanoag, wampanoag indian
Crispus Attucks ("circa" 1723 - March 5, 1770), was the first of five people killed in the Boston Massacre. He has been frequently named as the...

Corbitant

male
Native American, leader, wampanoag, sagamore, Pokanoket, Canonicut
Corbitant: An Wampanoag Indian sachem or sagamore under Massasoit. Corbitant was sachem of the Pocasset tribe in present day North Tiverton, RI....
Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck

Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck

male
Harvard University alumni, Harvard University, Watertown, Tuberculosis, Native American, Martha's Vineyard…wampanoag
In 1665, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard University. Cheeshahteaumuck, of the Wampanoag tribe,...