Native nations & living voices
Gladys Widdiss
1914–2012
Massachusetts connection
Aquinnah / Noepe
Widdiss was an Aquinnah Wampanoag leader, historian, and clay artist. She helped lead the long effort to gain federal recognition for her Tribe. Recognition came in 1987 during her presidency. Many citizens and leaders worked together; the Tribe’s history began thousands of years before that decision.
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- 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?
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“Gladys Widdiss mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
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This short reading is an original classroom summary. Open the source with your teacher to check details and learn more.
Read the source: waylandmuseum.org ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?