WATCH: Mashpee Wampanoag Leads Song In Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Falmouth MA

27 November, 2020

2:16 PM

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NEW YORK — Members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe performed a ceremonial song and prayer in Thursday's 94th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Annawan and Brian Weeden tribal council members and language keepers, joined ambassadors of several Native American nations on 34th Street to deliver a Wampanoag blessing. They also sang a ceremonial rattle song, parade hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie said during the NBC broadcast. "The Wampanoag Tribe has inhabited the eastern coast of present-day Massachusetts for more than 12,000 years following the first contact with colonizing settlers," Kotb said. "The Wampanoag language was silenced for more than 150 years. However, through historical documents written by the Wampanoag people, their language and culture thrive today." See the ceremony from Thursday's parade below: