Native nations & living voices
Jason Baird
Contemporary leader
Massachusetts connection
Aquinnah / Noepe
The Aquinnah Tribe lists Baird as its Tribal Medicine Man, an honorary seat on the council. His role belongs to a living community with its own responsibilities and traditions. Learn about the role from the Tribe’s public information, and respect that some cultural knowledge is not for public sharing.
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Your turn, historian
Find a detail. Build an idea.
- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- How did this person care for a community, its rights, or its knowledge?
- What would you like to find out next? Which kind of source could help?
“Jason Baird mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
Follow the evidence.
This short reading is an original classroom summary. Open the source with your teacher to check details and learn more.
Read the source: Aquinnah Tribe ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?