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The Wampanoag Boy To Man Rite Of Passage
The Wampanoag people of southeastern Massachusetts share their cultural story through Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth. A boy learns hunting, fishing, traps, utensils, tools, canoes, village protection, and family care. At adulthood he is tested in the wilderness with a bow, arrow, knife, and hatchet, then rejoin and be named a man after a spring ceremony.
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Massachusetts
Plimoth Plantation
Plymouth
Mass