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Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe History
The word Seekonk is composed of two Indian words, seaki, that means black, and honk that means goose, or black goose, which was the Indian name for the wild goose, which is partly black thus the region was know as the Black goose that correlated with the area that the community members were from(Bliss).

Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe State Recognition in Massachusetts and RI Bill for Recognition
The Massachusetts Commission of Indian Affairs during a ceremony on Francis Farms, Rehoboth, MA formally recognized the tribe by John Slow Turtle Peters and the Common wealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts formally recognized the Seaconke Tribe on February 1, 1997 signed off by Speaker of the House Finneran, offered by Philip Travis (RI legislature). Currently the tribe has a bill in the RI legislature for consideration for state recognition of the Seaconke Wampanoag bill HB 5021.The legislation (2023-H 5021) would officially recognize the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe for the limited purposes of assisting in establishing eligibility for federal benefits and to protect the tribe in preserving artifacts, ceremonies and practices (Warwick Post, 2023).The first bill (2023-H 5020) would provide a procedure for a Native American tribe to petition the state for recognition by providing the House of Representatives with certain documentation. The General Assembly could then forward the petition to the governor for enactment through legislation (Warwick Post, 2023).

Establishment of the Church Built by Seaconke Tribal Members
Seaconke article to be edited and added to the page with references. "Well into the 20th century, the descendants of the Seaconke Wampanoag continued to work the farms in and around what is today called Bristol County, MA. In 1925, the First Free Methodist Church was built to bring Christianity to the few native families still residing in Seekonk, MA (Fig. 2). It is written in the excerpt of the 50th anniversary of this church that many of the Seekonk people were of Indian descent (First Free Methodist Church, 1975). After 1925, with tribal families marrying into those of the surrounding community and advancing in education, assimilation into society became the norm"