Native nations & living voices
Weetamoo
c. 1635–1676
Massachusetts connection
Pocasset Wampanoag homelands near today’s Fall River and Tiverton
Weetamoo was a Pocasset Wampanoag sachem. She led her people and became an ally of Metacom during King Philip’s War. Many surviving written accounts were made by her English opponents. Historians must ask how those writers’ points of view shaped the story they recorded.
You can use your device’s reading tools or read with a partner.
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?
“Weetamoo 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: historicalprojects.bc.edu ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?