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Home Our History Education Enrollment Gallery Contact More Chappiquiddic Tribe Kawonkamish Greetings Koonepeam You are Welcome On behalf of our Tribe and Tribal Council we extend our warmest welcome to you. Our people are the Native American descendants of the First People who inhabited the area of Chappiquiddic Chippiahquedne on the island of Noepe now known as Martha39s Vineyard. Since ancient times our ancestors have spoken the Algonquian language specifically the N or Natick dialect. The English Colonial records called us Pahkepunnass the name of our Sachem or Chief in 1643.