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Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

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Aquinnah

65 State Road
Aquinnah Town Hall
Chilmark,MA  02535
United States

+1 508 645 2300

+1 508 645 2310

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The cliffs on the westernmost end of Martha's Vineyard are an amazing sight. The Wampanoag Indians appropriately named the area Aquinnah, meaning "High Land" because of the 150-foot high, rainbow-colored cliffs. For years the town was referred to as Gay Head because of the magnificent cliffs. Then, in 1987, descendents of the native Wampanoag people were recognized as a tribe and the name officially changed back to Aquinnah. The new generation of the Wampanoag tribe owns a number of shops, restaurants and acres of surrounding land.

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