Helen Manning | |
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| Born | Helen Edith Vanderhoop September 24, 1919 |
| Died | January 25, 2008 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Aquinnah Wampanoag, American |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, education director, activist, historian |
| Relatives | Amos Smalley Edwin DeVries Vanderhoop |
Helen Edith Vanderhoop Manning Murray (September 24, 1919 – January 25, 2008) was a Native American historian and writer and enrolled citizen of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe. She is known for her book Moshup's Footsteps: The Wampanoag Nation, Gay Head/Aquinnah: the People of First Light (2001), as a tribal elder, and as serving as education director for her tribe.[1]