Pokanoket

Pokanoket

Statue of Massasoit, or Ousamequin (17th-century Pokanoket leader), in Plymouth
Total population
defunct
Regions with significant populations
Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Languages
Wampanoag
Religion
Indigenous religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
other Wampanoag people

The Pokanoket (also spelled Pakanokick^[1]) are a group of Wampanoag people and the village governed by Massasoit (c. 1581–1661), chief sachem of the Wampanoag people.

The village was located on what is now called Mount Hope in Bristol, Rhode Island. Later the term Pokanoket broadened to refer to the peoples and lands governed by Massasoit and his successors,^[1] which were part of the Wampanoag people in what is now Rhode Island and Massachusetts.