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Line 60: The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe is not a [[federally recognized tribe|federally or state recognized tribe]],<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/29/2021-01606/indian-entities-recognized-by-and-eligible-to-receive-services-from-the-united-states-bureau-of |access-date=February 21, 2022 |website=Indian Affairs Bureau |publisher=Federal Register |pages=7554–58}}</ref> as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has only one official [[state recognized tribe]], the [[Nipmuc Tribe]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=No. 126: Massachusetts Native Americans {{!}} Mass.gov |url=https://www.mass.gov/executive-orders/no-126-massachusetts-native-americans |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=www.mass.gov |language=en}}</ref> who were recognized by Governor [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1976. Nevertheless, the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe and other unrecognized groups in Massachusetts have been represented as state recognized in several unofficial directories and publications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kindy |first=Dave |title=Plymouth Wampanoags get $100,000 grant to help reclaim heritage |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/old-colony-memorial/2021/01/11/plymouth-wampanoag-tribe-awarded-100-000-grant-nellie-mae/6585126002/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Wicked Local |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=State Recognized Tribes |url=https://www.500nations.com/tribes/Tribes_States.asp |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=www.500nations.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=Herring Pond Tribe Receives $145K Grant |url=https://www.capenews.net/bourne/news/herring-pond-tribe-receives-145k-grant/article_e784008d-c6c8-5dc5-b402-fb2b9793dce4.html |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=CapeNews.net |language=en}}</ref>The Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs announced in August of 2023 that it would be establishing a process for state recognition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Minutes of the Virtual Meeting of the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/minutes-of-meeting-august-9-2023/download |website=mass.gov}}</ref> The Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe has not submitted a documented petition for federal acknowledgment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petitions in Process {{!}} Indian Affairs |url=https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ofa/petitions-process |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=www.bia.gov |language=en}}</ref> == Early Records == Newspaper reports from the 1800's noted a community of Indigenous and [[African Americans|African American]] people at Great Herring Pond, which may reference the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe. A charity was created in 1811 to support a group called the herring Pond Indians.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 2, 1811 |title=On the 18th of September |work=Essex Register |location=Salem, Massachusetts |pages=2}}</ref> In 1857 a church was dedicated at Herring Pond by Rev. William Jackson of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] and Rev. E. Kelley of [[Philadelphia]] , both Black ministers. The article announcing the church dedication noted that the crowd consisted of Indigenous and African American people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 16, 1857 |title=Dedication of an Indian Church |work=New-Bedford Mercury |pages=1}}</ref>By 1869, the community was referred to as the Herring Pond Indians, with their population listed as 67 inhabitants living on 3,000 acres of land between Herring Pond and [[Cape Cod Bay]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 27, 1869 |title=Indians in Massachusetts |work=The Evening Post (New York) |pages=5}}</ref> In May of 1894, the community of Indigenous inhabitants in the Great Herring Pond village spoke out against what they percieved as a violation of their fishing rights, claiming that citizens of [[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]] and [[Bourne, Massachusetts|Bourne]] were abusing their river access<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 30, 1894 |title=Herring Pond Indians Mad |work=Boston Morning Journal |pages=7}}</ref>. An agreement regarding herring fisheries had been established years prior to the conflict stipulating that each family in the aforementioned towns and the Great Herring Pond village would recieve a barrel of fish during the [[Alewife (fish)|Alewife]] migration season, but residents of the Great Herring Pond village claimed to have been recieving only half of their promised amount.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 30, 1894 |title=Massachusetts Indians: Think Their Rights in the Herring Fisheries Are Being Violated |work=Worcester Daily Spy |pages=3}}</ref> == Nonprofit organization == | |||