Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band

06/04/2026

Join us Saturday June 27, 10am-2pm for Water Chestnut Pull at Lake Quinsigamond!

All equipment + canoe instruction supplied. Email [email protected] to sign up!

05/30/2026

Save the date! The 2026 Nipmuc Health Fair is coming to Tufts University in Grafton, MA on Saturday, September 19.

Join us for free health screenings, wellness resources, healthy eating tips, and community connection. All ages welcome.

Questions? [email protected]

05/21/2026

✨ Meet the Moderator ✨

We are just one week away from the panel, "The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance" and are honored to welcome Cheryll Toney Holley as the moderator!

As sonksq (female leader) of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band as well as a researcher, writer and speaker, Cheryll Toney Holley advocates for economic and social justice in all aspects of her community, including land-back opportunities, education and language reclamation.

She is a co-founder and board member of the nonprofit Nipmuc Indian Development Corporation (NIDC) and a former director of the Hassanamisco Indian Museum, located on the tribe’s Hassanamesit reservation. For ten years she served on the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs. Currently she is a member of the Commonwealth’s Environmental Justice Council and of the Worcester Black History Project.

Holley has a BA in history and an honorary doctorate in public service from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the Mass Humanities Governor’s Award. A veteran and a mom of four and grandmother of eight, she currently lives in Worcester, where generations of her family lived before her.

Please join us in welcoming Cheryll Toney Holley and celebrating her work.

Registration information for this hybrid event is on our event page: The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance

05/12/2026

Hassanamisco Planting Moon 🌱🌕

Ceremony & Social
🗓️Saturday May, 16th
🕓12 to 4PM
📍80 Brigham Hill Road, Grafton

Participate in ceremony welcoming sequan & our planting season.

Help plant seedlings in the rez garden.
Potluck welcome!

🔹This is a Nipmuc only event 🔹

05/06/2026

Call for artwork 🖼️

We invite community members to submit artwork inspired by your Revolutionary-era ancestors.

The exhibit starts June 24th, please have submissions sent by June 15th. For more information and to submit your artwork, contact us at [email protected]

05/01/2026

The Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band offers our sincere congratulations to the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe on achieving state recognition. Our Subchief, Troy Phillips, was honored to represent our Band at last night’s gathering and to stand with your community in this historic moment.

Our own recognition under Executive Order 126 during the Dukakis Administration affirmed what our people had carried through centuries of displacement and erasure. We know the persistence, unity, and intense work required to reach this point.

As the other state‑recognized tribe in the Massachusetts, we stand in solidarity with Herring Pond. Your recognition strengthens not only your community, but the broader landscape of Indigenous presence, continuity, and sovereignty in Massachusetts. Congratulations!

04/03/2026

🌿Pequoig Comes Home!🌿
We’d love to have you join us to celebrate the return of 181 acres with us + The Farm School!

Tours, forest trails, drumming, dancing, games for kids, Nipmuc foods, fishing at West Tully River, free transport from Worcester + gas card giveaways!

🗓️Sat. April 25, 11am-3pm
✉️Please RSVP: [email protected]
📍Location: 80 Athol Rd, Orange, MA

03/09/2026

‼️ UPDATE ‼️ Registration is full for the Regalia class on 3/21. See you there! 😊🪶

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The Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band stands as a free, self-governing tribal entity with an unbroken cultural, historical, and political lineage. This independence is not symbolic, it is lived, practiced, and upheld through many generations of land stewardship, ancestral responsibility, and community leader...

03/03/2026

🌿🗓️ Mark your calendars! 🌳🍵 Join us on Sunday, July 26th from 11am-4pm for Kuckquenum at Hassanamesit Reservation! 🪶 Hamburgers, hotdogs, venison stew, succotash, and fresh fruit will be served. Bring a chair or grab a picnic table 🧺

🔹This is a Nipmuc event🔹

🔎 Scan the QR code for more info.

03/02/2026

Nipmuck Unnontoowaonk Class! (Nipmuc Language!)

📋 Register before March 25, 2026
[email protected]

🗓️ First class: March 29, 6:30pm-8pm