Linda Coombs (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah)
Linda Coombs, a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), has lived in Mashpee, Massachusetts, for more than forty years. Her two grandchildren are enrolled with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, as were their father and grandfather. Coombs has been a museum educator for forty-five years. She’s worked at the Boston Children's Museum, in the Wampanoag Indigenous Program at the Plimoth Patuxet Museums, and at the Aquinnah Cultural Center. She has also written children’s stories and articles on Wampanoag history and culture. Her work centers on teaching accurate histories and depictions of the Wampanoag and other Indigenous nations.
Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Paula Peters is a politically, socially, and culturally active member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. She makes her home in Mashpee, Massachusetts, where she is the owner of the creative agency SmokeSygnals and the Wampanoag Trading Post and Gallery. She is an independent scholar and writer of Native history with a focus on Wampanoag history. She produced the traveling exhibition Our Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History and the Wampum Belt Project, currently on display in the United Kingdom. Peters is the executive producer of the 2016 documentary Mashpee Nine and its companion book. The film examines abuses of power by law enforcement and the fight for cultural justice in the Wampanoag community.