This series of cards depicting Wampanoag native life along the Massachusetts coast, an area occupied by English settlers beginning in the early 1600s. Native activities included hunting, gardening, collecting sea foods and making the tools needed for survival. Sadly contact led to epidemics and conflict over land and natural resources. Despite welcoming the British and engaging in trade, the tribe was defeated in King Philip's war; many of the tribe's survivors were enslaved and sent to the Caribbean. Fortunately some survived and today 2000 tribal members live on a small reservation near Martha's Vineyard.
The Plimoth Plantation offers visitors an opportunity to see life as it existed in the early colonial period. The site includes an outdoor living historical Wampanoag village with reed mat and bark covered homes, where native staff demonstrate crafts and answer questions. For more information see www.plimoth.org
These great cards were sent by a Postcrosser who lives in Boston, MA
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