Pokanoket Nation

[3] They should not be confused with other unrecognized heritage groups, such as the Pokanoket/Wampanoag Federation, based in Warwick, Rhode Island;[4] Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation, based in Auburn, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island; or the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation in Cranston, Rhode Island.

[2] The officers are: In 1994, Clifford Guy of Bristol, Rhode Island, sent a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition on behalf of the Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation, but no documented petition has been submitted by the group.

Brown University transferred part of its Mount Hope property in Bristol, Rhode Island, to a preservation trust established by the Pokanoket Nation.

This land, approximately 255 acres, is historically and culturally significant as the ancestral home of Metacomet (King Philip), a leader of the Pokanoket people, and the site of his death during King Philip's War in 1676.

[12] The transfer fulfills a commitment made in 2017 following an encampment on the property, aimed at ensuring the land's preservation and sustainable access for Native tribes and community organizations connected to its history.