Long denied to the Narragansetts, sovereignty is a core issue for indigenous people
From the museum
Linda is a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe on
Martha's Vineyard, and has lived in Mashpee for more than 40 years. Her two
grandchildren are enrolled with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, as was their
father and grandfather.
She worked for 45 years as a museum educator, and spent 11
years total at the Boston Children's Museum, 30 years in the Wampanoag
Indigenous Program at Plimoth Plantation, and 9 years at the Aquinnah Cultural
Center, a house museum built by an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, and showing that
history.
She's been an interpreter, an artisan, a researcher; led
workshops and teacher institutes; written children's stories and articles on
various aspects of Wampanoag history and culture; and developed and worked on
all aspects of a wide variety of exhibits.
The goal of all of her work continues to be the
communication of accurate and appropriate representations about the history,
cultures, and people of the Wampanoag and other Indigenous nations.
Date & Time
Mon, Jul 27, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Located in Exeter, Rhode Island, Tomaquag Museum is Rhode
Island’s only Indigenous-led museum, dedicated to sharing the history, culture,
and arts of Indigenous peoples. Through lectures, arts and educator workshops,
ecological knowledge tours, and offsite programs focused on the Indigenous
peoples of the Dawnland (focus Southern New England), we engage and foster
dialogue that reconciles the past and empowers present and future generations.
Tomaquag Museum is the only museum in Rhode Island to receive the National
Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for community
service.
