wampanoag indians

Bethia Mayfield befriends Caleb, the son of a Wampanoag chieftain, as she grows up near Martha's Vineyard in the mid-seventeenth century, and watches as her minister father attempts to convert the Native Americans, but the fates of the children are tied together as Bethia's father encourages the education of Caleb, a privilege Bethia has always wished for, and the two are reunited in Cambridge.

Describes the first Thanksgiving the Pilgrims celebrated in the New World, what they ate, their treaty with the Wampanoag, and when it became a national holiday.

Presents an introduction to the first Thanksgiving, providing information on the Pilgrim colony of Plymouth in 1620 and explaining how the Pilgrims interacted with the Wampanaog Indians.

Steven Peters, a twelve-year-old Wampanoag Indian in Massachusetts, learns from his grandfather how to prepare a clambake in the tradition of his people.

Describes what it was like to be a Wampanoag child during the time that the Wampanoag Indians and the settlers at Plymouth Colony lived in peace, in part due to the efforts of the English-speaking warrior Squanto.

A collection of traditional stories that describe the creation of the world and the early history of the Wampanoag Indians of southeastern Massachusetts.

Squanto recounts how in 1614 he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonists.

Presents the story of the first Thanksgiving as celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. Includes a drawing activity section at the end of the book.

A biography of the Wampamoag Indian whose experiences with early English explorers later enabled him to help the struggling Plymouth colony.

A biography of the Indian whose many adventures with white people in several countries culminated in his aiding them in their early days in Plymouth colony.