the amends

First the apology. Then the longer, harder, more beautiful work.

"Reconciliation and reciprocity are still possible." - Cedric Cromwell, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council Chairman

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants publicly backed the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's fight to protect their reservation land — calling it "unconscionable" to stand aside.

The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants funds scholarships for Wampanoag students.

The Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project is bringing the Wampanoag language back to life — after more than 150 years of dormancy, the first American Indian community to reclaim a sleeping language.

Wampanoag filmmaker and journalist Paula Peters made The Mashpee Nine — documenting racial police brutality and the awakening of Native American rights.

In 2026 — the 250th anniversary of the Declaration — people across the country are reckoning with the document's promises and its failures. The rewriting has already begun. A New Declaration and The Declaration Project are among those leading the way.

what is already happening