Members of Massachusetts' Wampanoag community say the ' Historic Patuxet Homesite,' the portion of the museum focused on traditional Indigenous life, is inadequately small, in need of repairs and staffed by workers who aren't from local tribes.
Mashpee Wampanoag Kerri Helme uses plant fiber to weave a basket while sitting next to a fire on November 15, 2018, at the Wampanoag Homesite at the Plimoth Patuxet Museums, in Plymouth, Mass.
"We're saying don't patronize them, don't work over there," said Camille Madison, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe on Martha's Vineyard, who was among those recently venting their frustrations on social media."We don't want to engage with them until they can find a way to respect Indigenous knowledge and experience."
"Patuxet" was an Indigenous community near"Plimoth," as the Pilgrim colony was known before becoming modern day Plymouth. It was badly decimated by European diseases by the time the Mayflower arrived, but one of its survivors, Tisquantum, commonly known as Squanto, famously helped the English colonists survive their first winter.
Museum spokesperson Rob Kluin, in a statement emailed to The Associated Press, said the museum has expanded the outdoor Wampanoag exhibit, raised more than $2 million towards a new Indigenous programs building and has"several initiatives in place" to recruit and retain staff from Native communities. He declined to elaborate.
Carol Pollard, whose late brother Anthony"Nanepashemet" Pollard played a key role in the development of the museum's Indigenous programming as a leading Wampanoag historian, was among those dismayed at the state of the site. Former museum staffers say museum officials for years ignored their suggestions for modernizing and expanding the outdoor exhibit, which marks its 50th anniversary next year.That, coupled with low pay and poor working conditions, led to the departure of many long-standing Native staffers who built the program into a must-see attraction by showcasing authentic Indigenous farming, cooking, canoe building and other cultural practices, they say.
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