Petition of Zachariah Howwaswee and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Summary: 
A request from sundry in the community for the appointment of guardians to assist in dealing with percieved encroachments
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Aquinnah, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Protocol: 
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Public
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, St. 1811, c.78, passed June 25, 1811
Identifier: 
1811.05.00.01
Subject: 
Gayhead