Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & SovereigntySummary
A request for greater protection from British forces due to its larger population and its economic and strategic value
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & SovereigntySummary
A request detailing several objections regarding the Province of Massachusetts Bay claiming jurisdiction over Martha's Vineyard, alias Capawock, and a specific request that a former act prohibiting the sale of "strong drink" be enacted
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)Category
Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & SovereigntySummary
A request for a Special Court or some other form of relief in his trial for killing an Indian man while on the "High Seas"
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown, Mashpee Wampanoag, Chappaquiddick, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & SovereigntySummary
List of Mashpee voters in favor of or against Phineas Fish, with another list of Indian families at Christiantown
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & SovereigntySummary
A request seeking an excemption from taxation of his farm, due to his role as missionary to the Indians on Martha's Vineyard