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In Europe, Native American History Celebrated During Mayflower Commemoration

Marthe van der Wolf

   LONDON - Much has been written about the 102 Europeans who crossed the
   Atlantic aboard the Mayflower in 1620. Much less has been written about
   the Wampanoag Native American community the Europeans met on the other
   side. After four centuries, a new exhibition in the place where the
   ship set sail aims to highlight the largely ignored history of the
   Wampanoag people.

   In the year 1620, the Mayflower left the port of Plymouth in southern
   England and arrived 10 weeks later in what is now the U.S. state of
   Massachusetts. The story of the religious separatists and colonists has
   been well documented over the centuries, unlike the experiences of the
   Wampanoag Native American community that was already living there.

   An exhibition in Plymouth marking the 400-year anniversary of the
   Mayflower voyage is putting the history of the Wampanoag front and
   center.

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