Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Âhqunah Wôpanâak | |
|---|---|
Gay Head Cliffs, Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard | |
| Total population | |
| 901 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( Massachusetts) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Wampanoag | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Wampanoag people, Narragansett people |
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (Wampanoag: Âhqunah Wôpanâak) is a federally recognized tribe of Wampanoag people based in the town of Aquinnah on the southwest tip of Martha's Vineyard (Wampanoag: Noepe, the land amid the streams) in Massachusetts (Wampanoag: Mâsach8sut), United States.
The tribe received official recognition in 1987, the same year that their land claim on Martha's Vineyard was settled by an act of Congress, with agreement by the state and the United States Department of Interior. The government took into trust on behalf of the tribe 485 acres of Tribal Lands purchased (160 acres private and approximately 325 acres common lands).