Moswetuset Hummock is a Native American site and the original name of the tribe in the region named Massachusetts after them. The wooded hummock in Squantum, Massachusetts, is formally recognized as historic by descendants of the Ponkapoag people. The location was the seat of the ruling Moswetuset Sac'hem Chickatawbut. During the warm season he conducted tribal council here. Members of the Moswetuset tribe for centuries made the shore of Quincy Bay their seasonal home.
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