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Lorenzo Hammond
Lorenzo Tandy Hammond (1871-1959) (also known as Little Bear) was a Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (formerly Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. Recognized in 2007, they are headquartered in Mashpee, Massachusetts, Mashpee on ... chief, plumber, and inventor. Lorenzo Tandy Hammond was born in 1871 in Mashpee to Watson Hammond, a Republican politician, and Rebecca C. Amos, the daughter of prominent Baptist minister. A short time after an October 1928 meeting at the Herring Pond Baptist Church, the tribe selected Lorenzo Hammond as chief of the Mashpees after his cousin Nelson D. Simons had ended his leadership role in the tribe. Hammond was sworn in by the newly elected Chief Sachem, Rev. Leroy C. Perry, of Pocasset, who ruled the entire Wampanoag Nation. Hammond lived in Cotuit for many years and worked as a very successful plumber for Nickerson Plumbing. He was a "g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (formerly Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. Recognized in 2007, they are headquartered in Mashpee, Massachusetts, Mashpee on Cape Cod. The other Wampanoag tribe is the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard. The tribe has its own health services, police force, Judiciary, court system, and education departments. In 2019, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe consisted of more than 2,900 enrolled members. In 2015 their 170 acres in Mashpee and an additional 150 acres in Taunton, Massachusetts were taken into trust on their behalf by the US Department of Interior, establishing these parcels as reservation land. History Indigenous peoples have been living on Cape Cod for at least 12,000 years. The historic Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking Wampanoag are one of 69 tribes of the original Wampanoag Nation; they are the Native people encountered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson Hammond
Watson F. Hammond (May 24, 1837 – December 9, 1919) was the first Native American to sit in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. Early life Hammond was born in 1837 in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts to John Hammon of Sag Harbor, Long Island and Catherine F. Hammond. a Montauk Indian He had two siblings, Frances C. Hammond (Mingo) and John Hammond. John owned over 50 acres of land on Mashpee Neck on Cape Cod. John died when Watson was seven, and Watson was sent to live with an uncle in Mashpee at the Attaquin Hotel. Professional career At the age of 14, Hammond sailed to the north Pacific Ocean on board the Liverpool, a whaling ship out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The ship, under the command of Captain Weston Swift, hunted bowhead whales for 20 months. While in the bay of Port Clarence, the ship struck a reef and began to sink. They were rescued by the ship Helen Augusta, a ship sailing from Holmes Hole, Martha's Vineyard. They were towed to a Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson D
Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a libretto by Alan Pryce-Jones * Nelson (band), an American rock band * ''Nelson'', a 2010 album by Paolo Conte People * Nelson (surname), including a list of people with the name * Nelson (given name), including a list of people with the name * Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), British admiral * Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president Fictional characters * Alice Nelson, the housekeeper on the TV series ''The Brady Bunch'' * Dave Nelson, a main character on the TV series ''NewsRadio'' * Emma Nelson, on the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Foggy Nelson, law partner of Matt Murdock in the Marvel Comic Universe * Greg Nelson, on the American soap opera ''All My Children'' * Harriman Nelson, on the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy C
Leroy or Le Roy may refer to: People * Leroy (name), a given name and surname * Leroy (musician), American musician * Leroy (sailor), French sailor Places United States * Leroy, Alabama * Le Roy, Illinois * Le Roy, Iowa * Le Roy, Kansas * Le Roy, Michigan * Le Roy, Minnesota * Le Roy (town), New York ** Le Roy (village), New York * Leroy, Indiana * Leroy, Texas * LeRoy, Wisconsin, a town * LeRoy (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Leroy Township, Calhoun County, Michigan * Leroy Township, Ingham County, Michigan * LeRoy Township, Lake County, Ohio * Leroy Township, Pennsylvania * LeRoy, West Virginia Elsewhere * Leroy, Saskatchewan, Canada * Rural Municipality of Leroy No. 339, Saskatchewan, Canada * 93102 Leroy, an asteroid Arts and entertainment * ''Leroy'' (film), a 2007 German comedy film * Leroy (''Lilo & Stitch''), a character in ''Leroy & Stitch'' * Leroy (''South Park''), a ''South Park'' character * "Leroy", a 1958 song by Jack Scott Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashpee Wampanoag People
Mashpee may refer to: *Mashpee, Massachusetts, a town in Massachusetts **Mashpee Commons, an open-air shopping center **Mashpee High School, in the town of Mashpee **Mashpee Middle School, in the town of Mashpee **Mashpee Neck, Massachusetts, a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Mashpee **Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds, Mashpee Pond, in the town of Mashpee **Mashpee River, a tidal river in Mashpee **Mashpee River Reservation, a park in the town of Mashpee *Mashpee people, a historical sub-group of the Wampanoag *Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, a federally-recognized tribe {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Constitution of the German Confederation comes into effect. It abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence, and property ownership, but exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain in effect. * January 21 – Giuseppe Garibaldi's group of French and Italian volunteer troops, in support of the French Third Republic, win a battle against the Prussians in the Battle of Dijon. * February 8 – 1871 French legislative election elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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