Amelia Bingham, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts, has received the Pioneering Women Award from Cape Cod Community College.
Bingham, 89, has a long history in tribal issues. She helped incorporate the tribal council, served as the first Massachusetts Commissioner of Indian Affairs and worked as a coordinator for the White House Conference on Indian Education.
More recently, Bingham's complaints against the tribe's former chairman led to his indictment on federal charges. She's now pursuing a land claim against the state.
“I think I’m a little outspoken,” Bingham told The Barnstable Patriot . "But I just can’t quit. It’s one of those things.”
Bingham will be presented with the award on March 30.
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Wampanoag Elder Amelia Bingham honored by Cape college
(The Barnstable Patriot 3/26)
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