Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times Hardcover – Illustrated, 1 May 1996

Tapenum is a Wampanoag indian during the 1620's, he was about 11yr old and hoping to be chosen for the Initiation ceremony so important to each child at that time but he easn't chosen, he lived at Namasket and would only move when the frosts came, the white colonists lived nearby.He decided he must train more, run, hunt and anything he needed to try again, he catches a rabbit and squirrel which he gives to his mother and then goes fishing with his friend Nootimus, after fishing he meets a wise old man of the tribe and asks his advice on the ceremonyThis is a nice short book with lots of pictures ideal for teacher's and parents who are trying to tell their children of this timeIsaac Hendrick plays Tapenum in these photo's, he is a Mashpee Wampanoag and he is 11yrs.