From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First Currency—And Lost Its Power

Ann C. Tweedy
January 14, 2013
When Prince Philip of the Pokanokets (later known as the Wampanoags) proudly wore his wampum—decorative beads made from whelk and clam shells—he was proudly declaring several thing...

What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale and What’s Done Today

Gale Courey Toensing
November 23, 2012
When you hear about the Pilgrims and “the Indians” harmoniously sharing the “first Thanksgiving” meal in 1621, the Indians referred to so generically are the ancestors of the conte...

Cape Wind Approved, Fight Continues

Gale Courey Toensing
April 21, 2011
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was flanked by supporters of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the proposed massive wind energy project in Nantucket Sound when h...

Massachusetts Tribes Unhappy With Energy Project

Gale Courey Toensing
April 06, 2011
The country’s first offshore wind-energy plant, meant to demonstrate the depth of the Obama administration’s commitment to renewable energy, may also reveal the limits of its dedic...

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