A panel discussion at Stillpoint in West Tisbury on Sunday aimed to consider the Wampanoag perspective on climate change.
When pop star Lizzo took the stage at the People’s Choice Awards on Dec. 6, she shared her spotlight with a member of the Chappaquiddick tribe of the Wampanoag Indian Nation.
A strong sense of local history was omnipresent as local Wampanoag leaders at an Indigenous People's Day event at Felix Neck spoke about the painful history of colonialism and genocide that the tribe has endured.
As a general contractor based on Chappaquiddick, Richard S. Knight Jr. recognizes that the Vineyard will inevitably reach a point where all the land is accounted for and there is no more room to build.
"We're an Island, and there's only a finite amount of land left, so eventually we'll hit buildout," Mr. Knight said. "Sooner or later, it's going to come. And I think we're coming down to the end of it."
The first introduction of Methodism on this island was subsequent to the Revolutionary war.