It is important to teach that the Wampanoag and other Native People are human beings with many things in common with other human beings physically, but have different cultural ways.
Respect precedes understanding.
The Wampanoag are not extinct. T he Wampanoag of the 17th century were not the same as their ancestors hundreds and thousands of years before. Their culture had evolved through time and continues to evolve. A void stereotypic portrayals of Native Peoples as fierce, hostile, warlike, stoic, stealthy, savage, etc. Native People are human beings and have a variety of personal traits, good and bad.