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Wampanoag Royal Cemetery
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery is located in the United States
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery
Nearest cityLakeville, Massachusetts
Built1676
NRHP reference No.75001625 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 11, 1975

Wampanoag Royal Cemetery is a historic Native American cemetery in Lakeville, Massachusetts. There are approximately 20 graves in the cemetery, all of Native Americans.[2] The burials include direct descendants of the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit. His daughter Amie, his only child to survive King Philip's War, and her descendants lived nearby in the Betty's Neck area. The last known burial was thought to be that of Lydia Tuspaquin, a drowning victim, in 1812.[3]

The burying grounds are maintained by the town of Lakeville and the Assawompsett-Nemasket Band of Wampanoags; The local indigenous tribe whose ancestors are buried on the property.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Weisberg, Tim (2010). Ghosts of the SouthCoast. The History Press. p. 77. ISBN 9781596291423. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ^ Schultz, Eric; Tougias, Michael (2000-12-01). King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. p. 98. ISBN 9781581577013.
A grave in the cemetery


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