The struggle and survival of our indigenous population - The Martha's Vineyard Times

The struggle and survival of our indigenous population - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Nôepe, this Island where we live or visit, has been part of the U.S. for 250 years, but it has been a Wôpanâak homeland since time immemorial. On June 23, Vineyard Haven library hosted Brad Lopes, an Aquinnah Wampanoag citizen and the Aquinnah Cultural Center education and public program manager and education director for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), in his first presentation this summer on the history of this Island from a Wampan…