Paomet (also called Pamet) was a tribe of
Native Americans living near the
Pamet River
The Pamet River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is named for the Paomet tribe.
The river is primarily sa ...
in modern
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer mont ...
in the 1620s.
[. Quoting with annotations from Edward Winslow's ''Good News from New England'']
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Native American tribes in Massachusetts
Native American tribes in Massachusetts are the Native American tribes and their reservations that existed historically and those that still exist today in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Narragansett term for this region is Ninn ...
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Native American tribes in Massachusetts
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