Recognized in 2007, they are headquartered in Mashpee on Cape Cod. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (legally Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) is one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. "The decision has no impact on the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's pending litigation in Washington, D.C., and its land will not be taken out of trust as a … National legislation aimed at preserving the federal trust status of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s land is expected to go to a vote before the full House this week. The other tribe is the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard. A bill introduced by Rep. Bill Keating proposed to clarify that the Mashpee Wampanoag was eligible to have its land taken into trust and prevent future legal challenges. The federal government taking Mashpee Wampanoag tribal land out of trust will affect the tribe in innumerable ways. In 2015, the federal government declared 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Tribe’s initial reservation, on which the Tribe can exercise its full tribal sovereignty rights. After an arduous process lasting more than three decades, the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007. The administration of former President Barack Obama held sway three years ago when the Interior Department agreed to place the 321 acres in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag as reservation land.

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