Directory of Aquinnah Resources

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Aquinnah is a town, formerly known as Gay Head, located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It was first settled in 1669 and was officially incorporated in 1870.

Many year-round residents of Aquinnah are descendants of the Wampanoag Indians. Because of the extremely dangerous rocky ledge offshore, the seas around Aquinnah have always been a place of great peril to the mariner. One of the first revolving lighthouses in the country was erected atop the Cliffs in 1799.

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• Annals of Gay Head

  http://history.vineyard.net/dukes/bnk2gh_3.htm
  Reprint of pertinent pages from The History of Martha's Vineyard Volume II by Dr. Charles E. Banks, originally published in 1911. Includes Algonquian place names and early sachemships.

• Commonwealth Communities - Aquinnah

  http://www.mass.gov/portal/cities-towns/aquinnah.html
  Information about Aquinnah from state agencies.

• Tomahawk Charters

  http://www.tomahawkcharters.com/
  Provides fishing charters. Includes fishing reports, photos and video, rates and reservation information.

• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

  http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/
  Provides a history of the tribe as well as news and events. Information on tribal services is included.

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