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...century graduation rates weren’t what they are today; of the five attendees, one dropped out, two died of disease, and one was murdered. The only graduate died of tuberculosis shortly after receiving his degree. For Tiffany L. Smalley ’11, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe, Anthropology 1130 lets her study the history of her people mere feet from her dorm. “I think it’s really cool that Matthews is supposed to be the site of the first indian college,” said the Matthews resident...

Author: By Kirsten E.M. Slungaard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Can You Dig It? | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

Chief F. Ryan Malonson of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah also delivered a “Message to the Ancestors,” during which he asked the crowd gathered in the Yard to join together and hold hands in order to form a large circle that he said was suggestive of the power of community and the cyclical nature of time...

Author: By Nicole J. Bass, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Class Digs for Indian College | 10/4/2005 | See Source »

...have [Iacoomes’] name attached to something of this sort would be an excellent tribute to his memory,” said Durwood Vanderhoop, a member of the tribal council of the present-day Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha’s Vineyard...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Native American Denied Posthumous Diploma | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

Friday’s opening ceremony featured tribal chairs from the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and Nipmuc Nation, the descendants of the first students of the Indian College...

Author: By Joy C. Lin, CONTRIBUTINGWRITER | Title: Indian Tribe Back in Yard | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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