Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of a controversial Indigenous figure in U.S. history will not be built on public property after Wampanoag Tribe members ...

A number of street signs in Cambridge have been redone to include translations to the language of the Massachusett tribe as part of an initiative to honor the area’s Indigenous history. The new signs, ...

According to the website for the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the name Massachusetts comes from the Massachusett tribe of indigenous people. The Algonquian word roughly translates ...

The city of Cambridge unveiled the first of its new street signs Friday, displaying the street names in both English and the language of the Native Massachusett people. The project to add Indigenous ...

The Cambridge City Council acknowledged the “Massachusett Tribal Nation as the original inhabitants of Cambridge” and pledged to establish a memorial for the tribe and hang a plaque in City Hall ...

SALEM — The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag and the city of Salem recently unveiled “Native Spaces,” an audio-based public art project that uses scannable QR codes that have been pasted around the ...

The month of November is recognized as National Native American Heritage Month. Throughout the month, the traditions, languages and histories of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Hawaii Natives and ...

NORTH ANDOVER — The theater lights dimmed and guests settled in their seats as artist, historian and descendant of the Neponset band of the Massachusett, Thomas Spirit Tree Green lectured folks on the ...

A Native American tribe is calling on Boston University to change the name of a dorm that honors Myles Standish, the military leader of the Pilgrims. The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag says Myles ...

Have you ever wondered where the state of Massachusetts got its name? Massachusetts is the home of many firsts in the country, including first college, first public library and first lighthouse. It's ...