Pokanoket

The Pokanoket, or Pocasset, are one of the tribes that make up the Wampanoag

Wampanoag

The Wampanoag are a Native American nation which currently consists of five tribes....

 peoples.

The Pokanoket, or Pocasset, are one of the tribes that make up the Wampanoag

Wampanoag

The Wampanoag are a Native American nation which currently consists of five tribes....

 peoples.

Massasoit

Massasoit

Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin ,was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit actually means Great Sachem.-Early years:...

 and his sons Wamsutta

Wamsutta

Wamsutta , also Alexander Pokanoket as he was called by New England colonists, was a leader of the Wampanoag native American tribe.-Family:...

 and Metacomet

Metacomet

Metacomb , also known as King Philip or Metacomet, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War.-Biography:...

 were successively the sachem

Sachem

Sachem may refer to:* Sachem, a Native American leader* A leader of Tammany Hall* The Sachem award, which replaced the Sagamore of the Wabash as Indiana's highest civilian honor* Sachem School District in Long Island...

 of the Pokanoket in the 17th century. During this period, the Pokanoket first treatied with and then fought against

King Philip's War

King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies from 1675–1676...

 the British colonizers of present day Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of...

. Mount Hope (Rhode Island)

Mount Hope (Rhode Island)

Mount Hope is a hill in Bristol, Rhode Island overlooking the part of Narragansett Bay known as Mount Hope Bay. Mount Hope was the site of a Wampanoag village and is remembered for its role in King Philip's War....

 was the site of the royal seat of the Pokanoket people.

Pokanoket is also a name applied to the dialect of Massachusett

Massachusett

The Massachusett were a tribe of Native Americans who lived in areas surrounding Massachusetts Bay in what is now the State of Massachusetts.Alternate forms are Moswetuset, as in the Moswetuset Hummock where Myles Standish and Squanto first met Chief Chickatawbut in 1621, and Massachusit, as in the...

 spoken among the Wampanoag.

List of Pokanoket sachems

Sachem	From	To
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Massasoit Massasoit Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin ,was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit actually means Great Sachem.-Early years:...	1581	1661
Wamsutta Wamsutta Wamsutta , also Alexander Pokanoket as he was called by New England colonists, was a leader of the Wampanoag native American tribe.-Family:...	1660	1662
Metacomet Metacomet Metacomb , also known as King Philip or Metacomet, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War.-Biography:...	1662	1676
?????	1676	16??