The Santuit Pond in Mashpee was used for thousands of years by members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to play, teach, bathe, hunt and conduct ceremonies. It's now unsafe to eat fish and use the pond in other ways, as warming temperatures and excess nutrient runoff lead to more blue-green algae blooms.
More intense storms, rising sea levels, toxic algae blooms, and other environmental crises are making it harder for tribes to practice their culture and to pass it on.
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The Mashpee Native Environmental Ambassador youth group has announced a resolution on the rights of herring. To announce the resolution and the group’s intention to rebuild the fish ladders to
Climate change is contributing to electric-green algae blooms. Massachusetts wants a cleanup of the antiquated septic systems feeding the mess, but it could cost billions.
Franz Cahoon, born Nov. 15, 1935, in Hyannis, Massachusetts, died peacefully at home in Key West on Oct. 23, 2022. He was predeceased by his parents, Martha and Ralph Cahoon