Native American history of Massachusetts

thumbnail|right|300px|Adriaen Block|Adriaen Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "[[New Netherland"]] The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists

town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States

The Massachusett were a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At the Great Hill," referring to the Blue Hills overlooking Boston Harbor from the south.

Algonquian language spoken by indigenous communities in the United States

African American/Native American, first victim of the Boston Massacre

The Pennacook, also known by the names Penacook and Pennacock, were Algonquian Indigenous people who lived in what is now Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. They were not a united tribe but a network of politically and culturally allied communities. Penacook was also the name of a specific Native village in what is now Concord, New Hampshire.

The Pocomtuc (also Pocomtuck, Pocumtuc, Pocumtuck, or Deerfield Indians) were a Native American tribe historically inhabiting western areas of Massachusetts.

Native American and First Nations confederacy

1704 raid

historic district in the United States

thumb|300px|Historical Native American Tribal Territories of Southern New England

settlement established in New England

American diplomat

The Pokanoket (also spelled Pakanokick) are a group of Wampanoag people and the village governed by Massasoit (c. 1581–1661), chief sachem of the Wampanoag people.