Native nations & living voices
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais
Contemporary leader
Massachusetts connection
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Andrews-Maltais has served as the Tribe’s chairwoman. A tribal council makes decisions about land, services, education, and community well-being. Her public service offers a way to study the continuing work of a sovereign Native nation. Tribal government and the Town of Aquinnah’s government are different.
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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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“Cheryl Andrews-Maltais mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
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Read the source: Aquinnah Tribe ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?