Native nations & living voices
Beverly Wright
Leadership in the late 1900s and 2000s
Massachusetts connection
Aquinnah / Noepe
Wright served as chairperson of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Her public service is part of the continuing story of tribal self-government. Learning about tribal leaders helps us see that Native nations make decisions about community needs in the present as well as the past.
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?
“Beverly Wright 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: pluralismarchive.hsites.harvard.edu ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?