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  • American Experience We Shall Remain: Part I - After the Mayflower (Season 21, Episode 5)
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    TV Episode | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

We Shall Remain: Part I - After the Mayflower (Season 21, Episode 5)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit (actor Marcos Akiaten, Chiricauha Apache), the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with a ragged group of English colonists. Hungry, dirty, and sick,...See moreIn March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit (actor Marcos Akiaten, Chiricauha Apache), the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with a ragged group of English colonists. Hungry, dirty, and sick, the pale-skinned foreigners were struggling to stay alive; they were in desperate need of native help. Massasoit faced problems of his own. His people had lately been decimated by unexplained sickness, leaving them vulnerable to the rival Narragansett to the west. The Wampanoag sachem calculated that a tactical alliance with the foreigners would provide a way to protect his people and hold his native enemies at bay. He agreed to give the English the help they needed. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English colonists and a confederation of New England Indians, the wisdom of Massasoit's diplomatic gamble seemed less clear. Five decades of English immigration, mistreatment, lethal epidemics, and widespread environmental degradation had brought the Indians and their way of life to the brink of disaster. Led by Metacom, Massasoit's son (actor Annowon Weeden, Mashpee Wampanoag), the Wampanoag and their native allies fought back against the English, nearly pushing them into the sea. Written by American Experience See less
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Sharon Grimberg (written by)
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Updated May 5, 2009

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Apr 13, 2009 (United States)

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37 cast members
Name Known for
Marcos Akiaten
Massasoit Massasoit   See fewer
Cassidy Alla
Pilgrim Girl Pilgrim Girl   See fewer
William Belleau
Wampanoag man Wampanoag man   See fewer
Ginew Benton
Native Warrior Native Warrior   See fewer
Benjamin Bratt
Self / Narrator Self / Narrator   See fewer
Tonantzin Carmelo
Awashunk Awashunk   See fewer
Mark S. Cartier
John Easton John Easton   See fewer
Charlotte Anne Dore
Elizabeth Hopkins Elizabeth Hopkins   See fewer
William Joseph Elk III
Wampanoag man Wampanoag man   See fewer
Nicholas Irons
Edward Winslow Edward Winslow   See fewer
Rebecca Perry Levy
Wootoneakanuske Wootoneakanuske   See fewer
Jim Loutzenhiser
Josiah Winslow Josiah Winslow   See fewer
Larry Mann
Wampanoag man Wampanoag man   See fewer
Zahn McClarnon
Wampanoag man Wampanoag man   See fewer
Tatanka Means
Nookau Nookau   See fewer
Troy Phillips
Tisquantum Tisquantum   See fewer
Duncan B. Putney
Miles Standish (as Duncan Putney) Miles Standish (as Duncan Putney)   See fewer
Alex Rice
Weetamoo Weetamoo   See fewer
Wes Studi
Warrior in Canoe Warrior in Canoe   See fewer
Alan Francis Sullivan
Governor John Carver (as Alan Francis) Governor John Carver (as Alan Francis)   See fewer
Annawon Weeden
King Philip (as Anowon Weedon) King Philip (as Anowon Weedon)   See fewer
Lewis D. Wheeler
Stephen Hopkins Stephen Hopkins   See fewer
David White
Wampanoag man Wampanoag man   See fewer
Jerry Wolf
Wampanoag Man (as Jerry Wolf Duff Sellers) Wampanoag Man (as Jerry Wolf Duff Sellers)   See fewer
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