290 The World of the Wampanoag, Part 1: Before 1620

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Before New England was New England, it was the Dawnland. A region that remains the homeland of numerous Native American peoples, including the Wampanoag. Over the next two episodes, we’ll explore the World of the Wampanoag before and after 1620, a year that saw approximately 100 English colonists enter the Wampanoags’ world. Those English colonists have been called the “Pilgrims” and this year, 2020, marks the 400th anniversary of their arrival in New England. The arrival of these English settlers brought change to the Wampanoags’ world. But many aspects of Wampanoag life and culture persisted, as did the Wampanoag who lived, and still live, in Massachusetts and beyond. In this episode, we’ll investigate the cultures, society, and economy of the Wampanoags’ 16th- and 17th-century world. This focus will help us develop a better understanding for the peoples, places, and circumstances of the World of the Wampanoag. This two-episode “World of the Wampanoag” series is made possible through support from Mass Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this episode do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/290 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 104:Native Americans and Colonists on the Northeastern Coast 🎧 Episode 132: Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire 🎧 Episode 184: Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America 🎧 Episode 220: New England Indians, Colonists, and Origins of Slavery 🎧 Episode 235: , A 17th-Century Native American Life 🎧 Episode 267: Snowshoe Country REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.0	O'Mohandro Institute, and this series
0:05.0	is made possible with support from mass humanities.
0:08.0	New England.
0:11.0	Today that name evokes a mental image of a region in the Northeastern United States.
0:16.2	New England is a region made up of six states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
0:22.4	Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
0:24.9	All but one of those states borders the Atlantic Ocean.
0:28.5	In its interior, much of New England has a rocky, even mountainous,
0:31.9	topography, heavily forested in many places.
0:36.0	Traveling north from Virginia, Captain John Smith gave the region this English name in 1616.
0:42.4	But New England has had a different name for much longer.
0:46.0	The word that comes to my mind is the dawn land because that's used a lot today to represent us, the people of the east, you know, where the sun rises in the morning,
0:56.1	we're the people of the dawn. So I'm Lauren Spears, I'm the executive director of Tamakwag Museum.
1:02.9	Askoi Kwasin, Nattasuis Makasini Pischow,
1:06.4	Nahaygansek,
1:07.4	Nattasuis, Lorenz Spears, English,
1:10.2	Nain Nahayansik Nihantik,
1:12.2	canupiam at a keyaiaāgāk.
1:15.6	And so what I said to you in my language was hello, and that I'm Lorene Spears,
1:20.1	and my traditional name is Makasinipa Shao,
1:22.3	and I am Nara-Gansansit Niantic and welcome to the
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