World of the Wampanoag Mini-Series
Visual Resources
Bibliography
Visual Resources
In Episode 290, Dr. Jade Luiz spoke with Liz about the significance of archeology in recovering the history of early Patuxet. Below are images of artifacts Dr. Luiz and her colleagues have recovered from digging sites. Images are all courtesy of Plimoth-Patuxet Museums.
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World of the Wampanoag Mini-Series
Episode 290: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 1: Before 1620
Episode 291: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 2: 1620 and Beyond
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Episode 291: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 2: 1620 and Beyond
Wampanoag and Narragansett women collected reeds in the spring and summer and used bone mat needles to weave reed mats that could be used in all seasons.
Wampanoag and Narragansett women used fish as fertilizer in their gardens which grew corn, beans, and squash.
Water was (and is) an integral part of Wampanoag and Nargansatt culture.
Map of Wampanoag Country in the 1600s
Wampanoag territory in the 1600s was made up of about 67 villages. This map shows some of them. The large print shows the Wampanoag name of a village. The small print gives the modern name.
Bibliography
We’ve compiled a list of suggested books, articles, and online resources that you might find helpful. We either used these works ourselves for production research or they were suggested by our guests. Happy researching!
Ben Franklin's World
World of the Wampanoag Mini-Series
Episode 290: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 1: Before 1620
Episode 291: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 2: 1620 and Beyond
Listen Now!
Episode 291: The World of the Wampanoag, Part 2: 1620 and Beyond
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
- Mourt’s Relation: A Journey of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. (1622)
- Bradford, William and Samuel Eliot Morison. Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
- Smith, John. “A Description of New England” (1616)
- Verrazzano, Giovanni da. “Letter to King Francis I of France, 8 July 1524” in The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528. Edited by Lawrence C. Wroth. Translated by Susan Tarrow. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970, 133-143
- Winslow, Edward. Good Newes from New-England: A True Relation of Things Very Remarkable at the Plantation of Plimouth in New England (1624)
Secondary Sources
- Anderson, Virginia DeJohn. Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Bragdon, Kathleen J. Native People of Southern New England 1500-1650. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
- Bragdon, Kathleen J., Native People of Southern New England, 1650-1775
- Bremer, Francis, One Small Candle: The Plymouth Puritans and the Beginning of English New England
- Brooks, Lisa T. Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
- DeLucia, Christine M. Memory Lands: King Philip’s War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
- Den Ouden, Amy E. Beyond Conquest: Native Peoples and the Struggle for History in New England. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
- Hall, David D., The Puritans: A Transatlantic History
- Luze, Meredith P. “Living the History: The Role of Archeology in the Interpretation of the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimoth Plantation.” Master’s Thesis, UMass Boston, 2015.
- Mack, Jonathan, A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins the Man who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth
- Mann, Charles C. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus. 2nd ed. New York: Knopf, 2006.
- Mann, Charles C. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. New York: Knopf, 2011.
- O’Brien, Jean M., Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England
- Pestana, Carla Gardina The World of Plymouth Plantation. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020
- Peters, Paula, “Introduction to Captured: 1614 by Paula Peters (2014),” Indigenous New England Digital Collections
- Princess Red Wing, “Indians of Southern New England,” Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, 2006.
- Silverman, David. This Land is their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Winship, Michael P. Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
- Winslow, Edward. Good News from New England, or a True Relation of Things very Remarkable at the Plantation of Plimouth in New England, London, 1624.
Online Databases, Websites, Films, and Exhibits
Films
Online Databases
Websites
Exhibits
Films
- Brown, III, Howdice. Produced by Marie Acemah and Alice Qannik Glenn. The Forgotten Slavery of our Ancestors, Teaching Tolerance, 2020.
- Makepeace, Anne. Âs Nutayuneân, We Still Live Here, 2011.
- We Still Live Here
Online Databases
Websites
Exhibits
Books, Music, and Thank-yous
Thank-yous
Books
Music
Thank-yous
- Dr. Charles Shadle, Senior Lecturer at MIT
For sharing thoughts on the general Native American musical landscape - Dr. David Hildebrand, Specialist in Early American Music
For a consultation on pilgrim music - Sara Schneider, Author of The Eagle and the Songbird and host of KMFA’s “Early Music Now”
Florentine music consultation - Rob Jaret, Composer
For emergency music-notation services - Adam Mazo, Direct of the Upstander Project
General consultation - Michelle Mizner*, Filmmaker
General consultation - Farhad Ebrahimi, Director of the Chorus Foundation
General consultation
Books
Music
- America Sings, Vol. 1: The Founding Years (1620 – 1800) by The Gregg Smith Singers
- Trionfo D’amore E Della Morte: Florentine Music for a Medici Procession by Piffaro & The Renaissance Band
- Works by Farwell/Orem/Cadman by New World Records