Native nations & living voices
Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck
c. 1646–1666
Massachusetts connection
Martha’s Vineyard and Cambridge
Caleb was a Wampanoag scholar from Martha’s Vineyard. In 1665 he became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. His story connects island learning with the college’s early history. It also raises questions about whose languages and knowledge schools have valued.
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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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“Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck 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: hunap.harvard.edu ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?